by Thomas Breideband | Dec 1, 2016 | productivity
First off, isn’t it remarkable how fast time flies? Thanksgiving Break is right around the corner, and the SIF team is working hard to close a couple of projects by the end of the year. Today I want to take a brief moment to muse about the SIF program, its...
by Thomas Breideband | Oct 21, 2016 | productivity
I feel this semester I’m pretty much on a “project management” information expedition, trying to come to grips with various aspects pertaining to the field. Things like how to keep track of work; how to define suitable and manageable timelines; how to keep everyone...
by Thomas Breideband | Sep 21, 2016 | Planning, productivity
At the end of the summer and shortly before the beginning of the fall semester I went on a little quest to find a dedicated project management environment for the SIF program. In previous years, we had been using Microsoft SharePoint, and while this tool had been...
by Thomas Breideband | Feb 1, 2016 | active learning, digital humanities, innovation, pedagogy
There has been a tremendous amount of discussions concerning the goals and practices of Digital Humanities within the setting of undergraduate instruction, and I welcome not only the increased attention but also the marked shift that has taken place on how this...
by Thomas Breideband | Oct 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Over the course of the summer I had the great pleasure of speaking at a local TEDx conference in Vicenza, Italy. The theme of the conference was “Planting the Seeds” and the day consisted of 16 talks by speakers from various disciplines including...