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"I believe that the best children’s media works on two levels simultaneously: it has to be something that kids are going to respond to, but it also has to be something that their older siblings, or even their parents, would like as well." bit.ly/childrens-media

"It’s important to examine the concept of the traditional ‘nuclear’ family that we see so often portrayed in white America, to better understand the systems of oppression at work." – @RiceUniversity instructor Virginia Thomas #innovativecourses bit.ly/optics-of-kins…

Read this interview with E-P's Dr. Julie Dobrow about her Creating Children's Media course!

What do spike fiddles, singing garbage trucks, and Gobi Desert dust storms have in common? To @oberlincollege instructor Kip Hutchins, they are evidence of the cultural exchange practiced between contiguous nations in Northeast Asia. #innovativecourses bit.ly/oberlin-music-…

How can you make your online class more interactive and engaging for students experiencing #ZoomFatigue? We have some ideas: #academicchatter #highered #distancelearning bit.ly/virtual-class-…

"This planet, this place that we call home, has an extraordinary history prior to the 18th century that is so much more than books have taught us to believe." @Caltech instructor Sandy Rodriguez shares how she brings color into her virtual classroom: bit.ly/visual-narrati…

Dr. Julie Dobrow from @TuftsUniversity shares how she designed her interdisciplinary course 'Creating Children's Media', in our round-up of the #MostInnovativeCourses of 2020. @TuftsDaily

The latest from @Campuswire's list of the #MostInnovativeCourses in 2020. @OberlinOES @oberlin_news @oberlincollege @ObieLib

"There’s a sort of glamour associated with keeping a tiger, but also some underlying insinuations about their exoticism." @Harvard instructor Zoë Eddy discusses @netflix's #TigerKing –– and how the show contributes to Orientalism –– in her new class. bit.ly/megafauna–amon…

In ‘Drawing: Who’s Telling the Story?’, @JohnsHopkins adjunct instructor Tae Hwang examines the historical usage of propaganda, bias in contemporary media, and data (mis)representation across a variety of visual mediums: #innovativecourses bit.ly/drawing-jhu

"When the pandemic began I got a few emails from colleagues which said, 'we ought to do something for the pandemic'. Well I’m no good at making masks, I certainly don’t know how to make a vaccine, but I do know how to teach people how to build businesses." bit.ly/hacking4recove…

"Technology can be used for utopian or dystopian means, and what determines the ends of those means are the context the technology resides within, and the intentions of the person wielding it." bit.ly/cultures-of-co…

"In my classroom, I want my students to feel as if they are in a safe place to fail. I believe in the power of Plan Bs, in pivoting and transforming." @EmersonCollege's LuAnn Reeb shares the philosophy behind #E3: Emerson's Entrepreneurial Experience. bit.ly/emerson-ee