We are pleased to introduce the first issue of The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP), an open access and peer-reviewed forum for interdisciplinary collaboration, pedagogic study, and innovative computational research. In this, our inaugural issue, we wanted to describe for you the origins of the journal, the content you are…[Read more]

Introduction
Luke Waltzer and Mikhail Gershovich

Establishing a New Paradigm: the Call to Reform the Tenure and Promotion Standards for Digital Media Faculty
James Richardson

Special Feature: Behind the Seams with James Richardson
Sarah Ruth Jacobs, Luke Waltzer, and Steve Brier

Teaching Communication to Medical Students in a Virtual…[Read more]

Each week, a member of the JITP Editorial Collective assembles and shares the news items, ongoing discussions, and upcoming events of interest to us (and hopefully you). This week’s installment is edited by Sarah Ruth Jacobs.

Announcement: This is a reminder that submissions for short, blog-length sections in The Journal of Interactive T…[Read more]

Kate Singer, Mount Holyoke College
Abstract
This essay discusses digital encoding both as a method of teaching close reading to undergraduates and as a technology that might help to reassess the terminology used in literary reading. Such praxis structured a textual encoding project designed for upper-level undergraduates who constructed an…[Read more]

Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University
Gillian Hamilton, University of Arizona College of Medicine and Hospice of the Valley
Vicki Hochstetler, Hospice of the Valley
SeungOh Paek, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Abstract
The ability to communicate is a core competency for medical practitioners and role-playing is an increasingly…[Read more]

We are pleased to introduce Issue Three of The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, which features four essays that range broadly across the disciplines. Three of these pieces ask very specific questions about the role of technology in the classroom. The fourth, which also provided the basis for the second installment of JiTP’s “Behind t…[Read more]

James Richardson, LaGuardia Community College
Abstract
The challenges facing tenure-track faculty in the areas of digital technology are unique. The relative infancy of web and multimedia technology has created an unexpected quandary for digital scholars teaching within academia. In many cases, these teachers are the vanguard for the movement to…[Read more]

Frank Ambrosio, Georgetown University
William Garr, Georgetown University
Eddie Maloney, Georgetown University
Theresa Schlafly, Georgetown University
Abstract
This paper explores the tensions between individual and collaborative aspects of reading in the context of MyDante, a digital environment for the study of Dante’s Divine Comedy. We p…[Read more]

James Richardson, LaGuardia Community College
Abstract
The challenges facing tenure-track faculty in the areas of digital technology are unique. The relative infancy of web and multimedia technology has created […]

James Richardson, LaGuardia Community College
Abstract
The challenges facing tenure-track faculty in the areas of digital technology are unique. The relative infancy of web and multimedia technology has created […]

Kate Singer, Mount Holyoke College
Abstract
This essay discusses digital encoding both as a method of teaching close reading to undergraduates and as a technology that might help to reassess the terminology used […]

About Behind the Seams
In Behind the Seams, the editors and authors reflect on the oft-hidden path from initial submission to published piece. This feature centers on a recorded audio conversation—not an […]

We are pleased to introduce Issue Three of The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, which features four essays that range broadly across the disciplines. Three of these pieces ask very specific […]