2015-2016 Faculty Fellow
Jodi Wyett
Associate Professor of
English
I propose to build an assignment database emphasizing the application of process-oriented and discernment-based student learning objectives to existing types of digital pedagogies in traditional non-STEM-based disciplines. The assignment models will allow faculty at Xavier and beyond to implement meaningful digital pedagogy with a manageable level of effort. As I have labored to design digital assignments, I have found both too much and not enough: too many open-source technologies, too little time to train myself to use them, and too little information on how these tools that generally emphasize digital product can help teach to mission. For these reasons, the liberal arts tradition has historically eschewed technology. But as educators at a Catholic Jesuit institution, we have the opportunity to enter the technological pedagogical arena armed with our humanities-focused strengths -- a rigorous holistic approach that questions the intellectual, moral, and spiritual dimensions of what it means to use modern technology.