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Rest
hey all! I haven’t forgotten about you. I was going to post this module last week, and here we are. I’ve actually been thinking a lot about you while I’ve been what feels like drowning in the bowels of this semester. I’m sure no one’s said it, but I will: I’m so sorry you (we) […]
Don’t read, skim!
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all doing okay. I was today years old when I realized that I’ve never formally thought about “skimming” or “scanning” as a teachable reading technique. It’s something I’ve done in shame, in “I’m cheating” or “I’m not paying attention to the author” or “I’m skimming this and what if I […]
“The Accessibility Gap for Tech Users and Developers”
So the delay in getting this module out to you all, is that there’s a lot in it that needs to be unpacked. In this module we’re focusing on ChemE PhD student Emily Ackerman’s experience being on the inaccessible side of electrical engineering (delivery robots). Please watch Emily’s presentation which breaks down the initial incident […]
“Under Sampled Majority”
Hey all! We’re almost halfway through the semester (I think) and we’ve been deliberately taking our time. Please DM me if you need any support or feel lost or just want to say hello. I’m here for you and want this asynchronous space to still feel human. I want to jump back into thinking critically […]
What do engineers write?
Hi everyone! Thank you for all of your thoughtful responses on the previous module. The plan for today: Transparency: what is writing for engineering? Consideration: What’s *actually* writing for engineering in your field? Explore: Let’s find examples of what you might “write” or communicate within your respective field. So I alluded to this a bit […]
Writing as mimicry
As always, thank you for your patience. I’m getting these modules up as quickly as I can. I’ve never taught the course or content this way so hopefully my slowness will actually be to everyone’s benefit. Plus what even is time?! Folks! We have so many tools at our disposal to support our writing and […]
Okay but what’s writing?
Now we’ve established that there’s bias in science and research because nothing exists in a vacuum; our positionality will always impact the outcomes of our work. Hi everyone! Thank you for your patience with me getting this week’s module up on our site. I’m going to start a conversation about writing that we will continue […]
Science is… neutral?
Keyword themes: positionality, composition form, language structure This course is about how we construct/compose language (composition) and the means we choose to present these ideas to the world (rhetoric). We will, of course, look at engineering and STS (preferred to STEM) texts, but after teaching this course for five years, I have found some other […]
