Several previous posts on MC have mentioned the difficulties of beginning an online academic community. Your point about reward for academic labor is illuminating in these discussions, and one that I hadn't considered before. Fan communities emerge o ...
How can we reach out to the layperson and the scholar simultaneously? And it's not just a question of writing style, but topic, contextualization, citation, etc. In my work, I have the choice of writing for the scholar who may take some academic inte ...
At the ODU Writing Center, we offer online appointments for those at a distance, and we regularly struggle with our interface. Not to mention, just because someone is accustomed to attending classes at a distance does not mean that they are familiar with ...
The evolution of sites like these is so interesting to watch. It gets to the question of what needs does this community have and how can those needs be met in this medium. I wonder if Butler's communities, of which admittedly I am largely unfamiliar, ...
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Several previous posts on MC
The Layperson and the Scholar
At the ODU Writing Center, we
The evolution of sites like