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An Urgency of Teachers – Spring 2019 Emerging Practices Reading Circle

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Urgency of Teachers Book CoverThe Library and Office of Research will once again be hosting the Emerging Practices Reading Circle for Spring Quarter. This time we’ll be discussing An Urgency of Teachers: the Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy.

This book explores the use of critical and emerging pedagogies in online and hybrid learning environments, with much of the writing growing from the authors’ work in Hybrid Pedagogy. We hope to have 8-10 faculty and/or staff members from across the campus community join us to engage in open-ended discussions about teaching and learning with technology or in tech-mediated spaces.

An Urgency of Teachers was published under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and fully available online (linked above) for anyone who would like to read or preview it. A limited number of print copies will be provided to participants.

Organization and Schedule

The Library will be purchasing small number of copies of the book for interested in participants. The book will be read over the quarter and discussed at monthly lunch hour meetings. Participants will be expected to commit to:

  • Attending the monthly lunch hour book discussions on these dates:
    • Monday, 4/22/19, 12:30-1:30pm
    • Monday, 5/20/19, 12:30-1:30pm
    • Monday, 6/3/19, 12:30-1:30pm
  • Engaging with text and leading group discussions.
  • Writing one blog post in response to discussions.

To sign up for this book group, please complete this sign-up form or contact the conveners of the Winter 2019 Emerging Practices Reading Circle:

Spring Quarter Book Group: “Using DH in the Classroom” by Battershill and Ross

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During Spring Quarter 2018, the UW Tacoma Library is hosting a book group for interested faculty and staff to discuss Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom: A Practical Introduction for Teachers, Lecturers, and Students by Claire Battershill and Shawna Ross. Participants who have signed up for print copies should have received them through the campus mail. An electronic copy of the book is also available from the UW Libraries.

If you have questions about the group or would like to join us, please contact Justin Wadland, Associate Director and Head, Digital Scholarship Program at the UW Tacoma Library. (Participants in the group are listed on here on our Google Team Drive.)

Goals for book group

The Library is supporting this effort so that we can develop a shared vision of programmatic approaches to digital scholarship at UW Tacoma. Over the course of the reading group, faculty/staff will volunteer to “present” chapters, pose questions to the group, and lead discussion. As time permits, the group will:

  • Share and investigate teaching practices and materials in response to readings and overall exploration of digital humanities. 
  • Identify useful resources from the book and its companion online guide.
  • (Re)imagine courses and activities that could be enhanced by incorporating digital pedagogy.
  • Assess faculty needs for training, development opportunities, and infrastructure support to encourage digital humanities practices in the classroom.
  • Seek collaborative opportunities to develop internal and external support communities.

Schedule and location of book group

All of the meetings of the book group will be in Tacoma Paper and Stationary (TPS) 110.

  • March 26, 3-4:30pm: Introduction to Chapter 3 (pp. 1-59)
  • April 23, 3-4:30pm: Chapter 4 to Chapter 8 (pp. 61-145)
  • May 21, 3-4:30pm: Chapter 9 to Conclusion (pp. 147-211)

Agenda for March 26 meeting