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September 9, 2012
The Center for Digital Learning + Research is pleased to announce the first High-Tech Happy hour of the year, made all the more thoughtful and enjoyable by a joint sponsorship with the Center for Teaching Excellence.

April 23, 2012
Since I work in the CDLR, I get to raise all kinds of wild questions that don’t fall into the purview of traditional, disciplinary bound scholarship. To prepare for my presentation at the Pop Conference (instituted by Experience Music Project in Seattle), this year combined with IASPM-US (International Association for the Study of Popular Music), I became preoccupied with the question: “How do I visualize a music analysis about space and place?”
My paper extends my dissertation work on The Kominas, a South Asian American punk band tied to the alternative Muslim subculture self-labeled as Taqwacore. In this paper, I chose to focus on the band’s music. Through a couple of song...
Read MoreApril 11, 2012
I recently decided to start sharing my reflections on my day-to-day as a postdoc in Digital Scholarship at Oxy. I welcome feedback on my work because at times I feel as if much of our work could go unnoticed in a world so dominated by conventional notions of research and learning. Anything alternative to traditional research (i.e. publishing) and teaching (within the curriculum) -- or labeled as #altac -- could get lost in the mix. I'm cross-posting from my personal blog.
One of the faculty projects associated with the CDLR is Lisa Wade's Sociological Images, one of the most visible and influential public sociology sites in the blogosphere. To follow up...
Read MoreApril 6, 2012
As a capstone to our Mellon Digital Scholarship Speaker Series and as an opportunity to share with the broader campus some of the important work and ideas that are going on at Occidental with regard to open, public, and digital scholarship, we are hosting a Digital Scholarship Symposium, set to take place on the evening of Thursday, April 12th. In addition, a special session focusing on students scholarship with and through digital tools will take place the day before.

Wednesday, April 11th
12-2pm: Digital poster session featuring student scholarship (@ CDLR)
Thursday, April 12th
5:00-6:15pm: Digital / Public / Open scholarship roundtable featuring Amy Lyford, Shanna Lorenz, and Lisa Wade (@ Mosher 1)
6:15-7:00pm: Break and reception (Mosher courtyard)
7:00-8:15pm: Keynote speaker: Pat Aufderheide on Fair Use (@ Mosher 1)
8:15-9:15pm: Closing reception (Mosher courtyard)
These events are open to the entire Occidental Community, as well as to our friends and colleagues outside of Oxy.
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Read MoreApril 6, 2012
We are announcing the call for the third Mellon Summer Digital Scholarship Institute at Occidental College.
Please review the flyer for the details and keep in mind the following dates:
April 12th: Mellon Digital Scholarship Symposium (5-9pm), with a preceding open office hours (4-5pm) where you can learn more about the 2012 DSI in conversation with the Scholarship Technology team and previous institute attendees.
May 4th: Deadline for applications
May 11th: Announcement of 2012 DSI cohort

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April 4, 2012
Today, during our iMovie Studio Session, the CDLR team (along with some of the members of our wonderful Scholarship Technology group, and a few Oxy students we roped in) created a brief trailer to promote our Studio Sessions. These hands on sessions where we invite students and faculty to come create with technology are part of our broader Year of Critical Making + Code. But, we'll let our Muppet friends fill you in on all the details...
Have an idea for a Studio Session that involves tinkering with technology or critical making? Do you want to be kept informed about upcoming Studio Session events sponsored by the CDLR? Contact me at suzannescott@oxy.edu
Read MoreMarch 19, 2012

iPad Studio Session: iMovie
presented by Center for Digital Learning + Research
Ground floor in Academic Commons (AKA Library)
Wednesday, April 4th, 12:30 – 3:30 with refreshments
The Studio Session on iMovie is a hands-on engagement in media production using the iPad. The CDLR will transform into a mini movie studio, using the shoot-edit-display capabilities of the iPad and iMovie to create short films. All you need to bring is your creativity, we will provide the iPads and iMovie training, along with some costumes and props.
The Challenge: To conceptualize, shoot, and edit a 3 minute movie in 3 hours
The Schedule:
- 12:30-1:00 - Orientation and brainstorming in groups
- 1:00-2:00 - Go shoot your film on the iPad in...
March 16, 2012

Studio Session: Arduino 101
presented by Center for Digital Learning + Research
CDLR, Ground floor
Academic Commons (AKA Library)
Thursday, March 29th, noon – 3pm with refreshments
Ever wonder how the Wii works? What tracks the movement of an iPhone? Want to play with circuit boards? Learn to sense and control the physical world using the Arduino microcontroller platform. Through this hands-on workshop designed for beginners, participants will learn the basics of the Arduino programming environment, the world of sensors, and analog/digital inputs and outputs. Using basic components such as buttons, light sensors, and LEDs, we will develop an Arduino-...
Read MoreMarch 15, 2012