Jim Groom and Brian Lamb published the article "Reclaiming Innovation" in the May/June edition of EDUCAUSE Review. The article examines the state of innovation in higher education in regards to information and education technologies. Additionally, the article featured a series of supplemental videos about various sites of innovation, including one focusing on UMW's intiaitive Domain of One's Own. You can read the article and view the varius supplemental videos at EDUCAUSE Review's online version of the article here. … [Read more...]
Domain of One’s Own Video
June 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
As part of the article "Reclaiming Innovation" published in the May/June edition of EDUCAUSE Review, DTLT produced a video focusing on the ethos behind UMW's initiative Domain of One's Own. The video features faculty and staff from around UMW talking about this project, including Andrèa Livi-Smith, Susan Fernsebner, and Jeff MCCLurken to name just a few. You can watch it below: … [Read more...]
Jim Groom Co-Authors Article in EDUCAUSE Review
June 23, 2014 by
Jim Groom and Brian Lamb published the article “Reclaiming Innovation” in the May/June edition of EDUCAUSE Review. The article examines the state of innovation in higher education in regards to information and education technologies. Additionally, the article featured a series of supplemental videos about various sites of innovation, including one focusing on UMW’s intiaitive Domain of One’s [...] … [Read more...]
Jim Groom Talks UMW Domains
May 6, 2014 by
Since early March of 2014 Jim Groom has delivered numerous invited presentations about the work the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies (DTLT) has been doing with Domain of One’s Own. On March 6 Groom delivered a featured session at the 2014 Digital Media Learning Conference in Boston, Mass. focused around the theme of Connected Practices. [...] … [Read more...]
Martha Burtis and Jim Groom Present at Symposium
February 27, 2014 by
On Feb. 21 Martha Burtis and Jim Groom were invited to present about the open, online Digital Storytelling course ds106 at the OpenVCU Symposium. The presentation, “Open is as Open Does,” lays bare the various levels an open course like ds106 operates through. This talk breaks down teaching openly online into three parts: open platforms, open pedagogy, and [...] … [Read more...]
UMW Domains in the News
January 30, 2014 by
UMW’s innovative initiative Domain of One’s Own has been receiving recognition in trade and academic publications alike. University Business, a publication for IT managers, published an article last week framing this innovative new approach to giving members of their campus the keys to the server. The author of the article for University Business, Matt Zalaznick, talked with Tim Owens of the [...] … [Read more...]
ds106 Showcased as Model of Online, Participatory Learning
January 30, 2014 by
Howard Rheingold has written a case study using ds106 (UMW’s open, online version of the Computer Science Digital Storytelling course) as a model of participatory learning. The case study was published by the Connected Learning site, which is the community arm of the Digital Media Lab and Learning Research Hub at the University of California, Irvine. ds106 was [...] … [Read more...]
Jim Groom Delivers Keynote at MOOC Conference
December 12, 2013 by
On Thursday, Dec. 6 Jim Groom presented a keynote presentation at the MOOC Research Conference in Arlington, Texas. The talk examined a decade of experimentation and development at the University of Mary Washington that has resulted in a series of innovative projects such as UMW Blogs, ds106, and Domain of One’s Own. It discussed how [...] … [Read more...]
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Broadcasts Guerrilla Art Installation
November 21, 2013 by
On Nov. 7, distinguished adjunct professor of media, Dr. Brian Oblivion, installed a guerrilla art piece at the Open Education conference in Park City, Utah. The installation is a groundbreaking meditation on identity and data in the 21st century. Dr. Oblivion posits in this piece that “data is the new flesh.” With the help of [...] … [Read more...]
Tim Owens and Jim Groom Present at Open Education Conference
November 21, 2013 by
On Nov. 6, Tim Owens and Jim Groom of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies were part of a multi-institution presentation on “ Reclaiming the Open Learning Environment.” This talk introduced the vision behind the distributed architecture of Domain of One’s Own as an example of an innovative open learning environment that empowers faculty, staff, and [...] … [Read more...]