Thread by @ThoniHoward

"Using Collaborative Research and Open-Source Methods to Promote Feminist Pedagogy During a Pandemic,” A Twitter Essay by @thonihoward w/ @NCITU of @Tulane and a co-curator of @FemTeachOnline and part of the #PandemicMethodologies conference sponsored by @CndHistAssoc (#CdnHist).

@NCITU @Tulane @FemTeachOnline @CndHistAssoc The collaborative project “Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online” (@FemTeachOnline) assists educators in applying feminist praxis to the online modality (as well as traditional/hybrid) and is especially relevant for Historians. #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

@NCITU @Tulane @FemTeachOnline @CndHistAssoc The @FemTeachOnline Guide, curated by @claremdaniel, @eromerohall, @niyamirandabond, @thonihoward, and Liv Newman, includes literature, assignment examples, and teaching tools relating to feminist pedagogy in online courses. #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

Take a look at the feminist pedagogy tenets at feminists-teach-online.tulane.edu and the annotated assignments tab. Which tenets do you already use or could use in your history classrooms? #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

@CndHistAssoc @NCITU Feminist scholars identify collaboration as an essential research method & strategy to challenge patriarchal systems in academia/publishing. Pressures & inequalities that COVID-19 has intensified in aclife. #PandemicMethodologies @FemTeachOnline #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

@CndHistAssoc @NCITU @FemTeachOnline Collaboration is a central value of @FemTeachOnline 1) with an interdisciplinary curator team 2) involving paid undergraduate research / web assistants, 3) inviting the public to contribute sources 4) asking educators to showcase assignment examples. #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

@CndHistAssoc @NCITU @FemTeachOnline The rise of dh projects and #altac needs suggests that some historians view collaboration as an important medium. Both the @CndHistAssoc and @AHAhistorians have communicated to their graduate audiences about the importance of collaboration. #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @NCITU

@FemTeachOnline also views the use of open-source materials as a feminist practice. Many sources about this topic are behind publishing paywalls. On the guide, the digital content created by the curators is open-source. #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

Yet, it seems that collaborative and open-source digital projects are infrequently seen as academic currency when hiring and promoting scholars, especially historians. These projects are seen as lagniappe or service projects. #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

The curators plan to expand @FemTeachOnline so that it will continue to support educators beyond COVID-19 to include more open-source & interactive components (podcasts, videos, assignments) and also a book project. #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

@FemTeachOnline @CndHistAssoc @NCITU Join the conversation! Submit a chapter proposal. Contribute an assignment or helpful source for the guide. Follow the guide @FemTeachOnline & curators @claremdaniel, @eromerohall, @niyamirandabond, @thonihoward, and Liv Newman #PandemicMethodologies #CdnHist @CndHistAssoc @NCITU

@FemTeachOnline @CndHistAssoc @NCITU @ClareMDaniel @eromerohall @niyamirandabond Thank you #PandemicMethodologies and @CndHistAssoc for giving space to @FemTeachOnline in today’s twitter conference. See feminists-teach-online.tulane.edu/pandemicmethod… for this twitter essay’s notes and further reading. #CdnHist @NCITU