The Open Source Professor: Teaching, Research, and Transparency

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The Open Source Professor Teaching, Research, and Transparency Mark Sample Department of English George Mason University

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What happens when the scholarship of teaching meets Web 2.0? Professor Sample argues the ideal result is the open source professor, a teacher and scholar who applies the tenets of the open source software community to his or her own professional life. This means sharing, conversation, collaboration, and reflection at every step in the teaching and research process, not just with the final product. Technology plays a key role in making open source professing possible, and Professor Sample will discuss the philosophical and practical implications of such a transparent approach to pedagogy and scholarship, as well as possible pitfalls for untenured faculty.

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The Open Source ProfessorTeaching, Research, and

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Mark SampleDepartment of English

George Mason University

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Dissimulationhiding what one has

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Simulationfeigning to have what one does not

Dissimulationhiding what one has

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The Naked Professor

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Autologic

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December 3, 2003

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What it takes to be naked…

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Blog to reflect.

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Sharing a Zotero Library

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Sharing a Zotero Library

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www.plannedobsolescence.net

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“why i love twitter number n+1: mini-collaboration”

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Grid of Academic Practices

Process Product

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Grid of Academic Practices

Process Product

ResearchPrivate and Protected

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TeachingPublic and

SharedPrivate and Protected

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