OutsideTheText (Presentations)

Academia, Literary Studies, New Media, Politics . . .

Below is a list of the presentations at conferences I have recently given, and links to where the material can be downloaded. The links to slideshare will get you the slides only, where as the rapidshare links will allow you to download the whole file as a podcast (complete with video of the slides). You can play these through any player that will handle files; iTunes or VLC, both of which are free will work.

• Approaching Digital Literacy: Creating a Networked Culture on Campus (Texas Community College Teachers Association 2008). (You can download the high quality Quicktime Movie or the lower quality mp4.) Below are the references for this presentation:
  • Mark Pesce on Hyperconnectivity: A lot of my thinking on what happens when we increase the speed at which people are connected comes from Pesce, particularly this presentation.
  • Clay Shirky Here Comes Everybody: This is one of the best books on how organizing changes in the age of the network. Shirky's book is both informed and accessible. He also did an interview for weblogg-ed which focuses on education.
  • Micheal Wesch is well known in academia for his work on Web 2.0. In this presentation at the University of Manitoba he talks specifically about using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
  • Axel Bruns's book Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond is worth reading. His thoughts on how the industrial model of production is shifting to a "produsage" one carries implications for academia.
  • In the presentation I talk about Sakai and Moodle which are free alternatives to Blackboard, WebCT etc. However, I prefer something like edublogs, as blogs offer one of the best alternatives to Course Management Software.
  • If you are looking for more analysis, news, and tips on digital literacy and academia, Digital Campus (a bi-weekly podcast) is one of the best places to start.
  • Finally this talk references MIT Open Courseware, Open Yale Courses, and Physics for Presidents.


• Wikipedia the University and the Open Archive (MLA 2006) (Part of the Wikis Authority and the Public Sphere Panel):Slides Only. Email me (dave at outsidethetext dot com) if you would like a copy of the audio.