Digital Learning

The @DavidsonLibrary is hiring a Digital Learning Fellow. Current @DavidsonCollege students or '21 grads with an interest in digital learning technologies and education are encouraged to apply. lib.davidson.edu/FaI2Sw @DavidsonCTL @HurtHubDavidson @WildcatTech @DavidsonCareers

Hey @DavidsonCollege '21 or '22 Wildcats! We have a position open for a Digital Learning Fellow. Learn valuable skills/level up your resume experiences/be a part of a terrific team! We'll be interviewing the first two weeks of June. Apply now: employment.davidson.edu/en-us/job/4940…

"I’ve found that kindness as pedagogical practice distills down to two simple things: believing people, and believing in people." -Catherine Denial @cjdenial, author of “A Pedagogy of Kindness” cdpcollection.pressbooks.com/chapter/a-peda… #catsarekind #digped

@donengstrom Macs have a built in screen reader call VoiceOver that you can turn on in your accessibility settings. Not sure about Windows? Window users?

Accessibility tip #1: Don't hyperlink the word "here". Use descriptive language. If you are linking to your quirky introduction video, hyperlink that whole phrase. Imagine a screenreader skipping through to each hyperlink and just hearing, here, here, here, here.

@tehbasshunter @donengstrom If you'd like, you can read more here: webaim.org/techniques/hyp…

@donengstrom @dltdavidson From what I see Link Titles would be the best equivalent to that however I'm seeing some things suggest this isn't a recommended method. w3schools.com/html/html_link…

Our Justice, Equality & Community Fellow, Andrés Paz, continues his research on the families of southern Iredell county with ties to Davidson College and to enslavement. His blog post today tinyurl.com/5yx5rfn9 focuses on the Houston family and especially J.H., class of 1845.

Make your own pronoun and pride flag buttons in the library portico! Now until 6 pm! Happy #InternationalPronounsDay

Back with Domain Wed.! Why would you want Davidson Domains rather than a service like Weebly/Wix? Davidson Domains allows you to own your data (no monetization here) and encourages exploration without sacrificing your agency.Source: support.ti.davidson.edu/hc/en-us/artic… #DomainWednesday -GVD

It's Domain Wednesday! Today's fact: Domain registration used to be free </3 In 1995, Network Solutions was granted the authority to start charging for domain names. Source: noip.com/blog/2014/01/0… #DomainWednesday -GVD

This is the first and (so far) only picture of me as a naturalized American citizen. It happened today. I scored 100% on the civics test and weeped when it was official 6+ years here and now I’m deep in the ‘merica game. Also #tiedayfriday #answerkeys instagr.am/p/CUgQePTJL2m/

Every Wednesday, we will tweet a fun fact about domains. Today's fact – Symbolics.com the first domain that was ever registered (March 15, 1985). This also makes it the first .com domain in the world! Source: noip.com/blog/2014/01/0…. #DomainWednesdays

We are lucky to have you on our team Daniel 😁 !

Dearest Twittereans: It is true, I am a lucky person to get to work with this great group of Media Consultants @DavidsonLibrary #FTW digitallearning.davidson.edu/media-consulta…

Hey Davidson students! Are you Way 2 Sexy to build a Davidson Domain? Visit the Media Consultants between 8-11pm Sun-Thurs in the Library behind the Fishbowl! We can help you build a Davidson Domain for class or personal use. -GVD

Do you love living on the digital web? Don't miss HurtHub's Innovation Week, Sept 10th-17th, where you can learn all sorts of techy things! (; 👩‍💻 -JL

Charlotte might be spared an "uptick" in expected tick populations this summer. A @DavidsonBiology team explains why. davidson.edu/news/2021/06/0…

Willie Deese, who grew up in Davidson, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during Davidson’s 2021 Commencement. Education and philanthropy define his life. His father, Fred (shown below), worked at the College for many years. See this article, tinyurl.com/2sexe3jp

Interested in learning to code, but not sure where to start? Try out some online resources like Codecademy: they have user-friendly, interactive lessons on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more. And best of all? It's free!! - SV codecademy.com

@DavidsonCollege students- need some help setting up a Wordpress site? Media Consultants are here to help Sun-Thurs., 8-11pm! Jump on the Zoom with us 🤓 digitallearning.davidson.edu/media-consulta…