TLT Faculty Fellows: Comments

Comment on "ETS Team: Carla"

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:34:45 -0500

Great team! Looking forward to learning from the folks at ETS -- and from the faculty fellows.

- CARLA ZEMBAL-SAUL

Comment on "Hosted Conversations"

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:08:48 -0500

As I begin to think about exactly what I am trying to do, I am struck by a sense of being exposed in a way that is unconventional. Usually, you start by spending a lot of time reading, thinking, processing on your own in the library or your study with books and articles. As you process and hone the thoughts and ideas, think about their connections and allow the project (be it a book an article or whatever) to develop and grow in that protected space. Then, once you feel they are ready to be clearly and effectively articulated, you allow them to appear in public writings and presentations.

What I plan to do is expose that period of private cultivation to more public exposure earlier that usual. Although I don't plan to do away with the private cultivation altogether, I do plan to do some "thinking out loud" using the blog space, podcasting, perhaps even voicestreaming, etc.

There are pros and cons to this and I would be interested in hearing what others think they might be. My feeling of being overexposed as I embark on this is tempered by the sense that if I present what I am doing as a process and clearly indicate that these ideas are tentative, immature and probative, this exposure might open possibilities of connection and integration that I could not have imagined alone in the library in dialogue only with books and articles.

- CHRISTOPHER PHILIP LONG

Comment on "Hosted Conversations"

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:19:58 -0500

Great post, Chris. Love the comparison and early insight. The Wave introduction is a bold statement -- they are fully embracing the notion of, "we made this for you ... now go make it great." I am clearly excited by the overall potential. Just like I am excited by the potential this summer's fellowships offer. What I think is important in your opening post is the wonder related to exposing early scholarship in an open space. Does writing here about fresh ideas challenge the traditional thoughts on protecting v promoting early scholarship? I think this is a potentially interesting undercurrent all of us will face this summer. There could be real forward progress made through it that may be completely unintentional.

- Cole W. Camplese