{"id":103,"date":"2025-08-22T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T22:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/julietobrien\/?p=103"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:56:22","slug":"thinking-about-pedagogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/julietobrien\/thinking-about-pedagogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about pedagogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Behind a course, underneath its design, are fundamental questions. Essential, quintessential matters; pedagogical and existential. What\u2019s the point of an assignment? Of assessment? Of a course? Of a university education in the literate humanities? Of learning? What are we doing? Who, where, when, how, why?<\/p>\n<p>Here is some writing from my main blog about teaching and learning and the point of it all.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 2026:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2026\/06\/01\/readings-around-and-about-generative-artificial-intelligence-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\">READINGS AROUND AND ABOUT GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (MORE)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 2026:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2026\/05\/28\/thinking-about-generative-ai-use-as-university-faculty-in-the-arts-and-humanities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\">THINKING ABOUT GENERATIVE AI USE, AS UNIVERSITY FACULTY IN THE ARTS AND\u00a0HUMANITIES<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 2026:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2026\/05\/24\/the-pre-modern-condition-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE PRE-MODERN CONDITION (2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 2026:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2026\/05\/08\/the-canvas-crisis-a-lesson-in-convenience-compliance-culture-convention-and-conservative-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE CANVAS CRISIS: A LESSON IN CONVENIENCE, COMPLIANCE CULTURE, CONVENTION, AND CONSERVATIVE VALUES<\/a><\/li>\n<li>August 2025:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2025\/08\/28\/readings-on-generative-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READINGS ON AND AROUND GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>August 2024 and 2025, annual pilgrimage post:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2025\/08\/31\/31-august-is-ken-campbell-day-learning-is-radical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">31 AUGUST IS KEN CAMPBELL DAY: LEARNING AS RADICAL PEDAGOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 2024:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2024\/03\/11\/notes-on-meaningfulness-justice-equity-inclusion-and-thriving-as-arts-and-as-arts\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NOTES ON MEANINGFULNESS, JUSTICE, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND THRIVING AS A FACULTY OF ARTS (AND AS\u00a0ARTS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 2020:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2020\/05\/01\/mayday-solidarity-and-mutual-aid\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">#MAYDAY, SOLIDARITY, AND MUTUAL\u00a0AID<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 2020:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2020\/04\/03\/notes-towards-a-utopia\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NOTES TOWARDS A\u00a0UTOPIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>September 2019:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2019\/09\/03\/multidimensional-learning-through-digital-platforms-in-2018\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">TALK: ARTS ISIT WORKSHOP, \u201cMULTIDIMENSIONAL LEARNING THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS\u201d (SEPTEMBER\u00a02018)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>July 2019:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2019\/07\/05\/learning-environments-a-review-of-some-university-classrooms\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: A REVIEW OF SOME UNIVERSITY\u00a0CLASSROOMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 2017:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2017\/10\/18\/on-textbooks-midterm-blues-and-other-truths-of-social-justice\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ON TEXTBOOKS, MIDTERM BLUES, AND OTHER TRUTHS OF SOCIAL\u00a0JUSTICE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>August-September 2017:<br \/>\na series of posts <a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2017\/08\/15\/next-post-on-radical-professionalism\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ON RADICAL PROFESSIONALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li>August 2017:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2017\/08\/26\/university-undergraduate-liberal-arts-education-is-antifascistsff\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IS\u00a0#ANTIFASCISTSFF<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 2016:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2016\/04\/30\/credo-for-universal-lifelong-higher-education-1\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">CREDO FOR UNIVERSAL LIFELONG HIGHER EDUCATION (1)<\/a><br \/>\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2016\/05\/01\/credo-2-mashup-remix-4wordpedagogy-ubc100\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">CREDO (2): MASHUP REMIX: #4WORDPEDAGOGY +\u00a0#UBC100<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 2016:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2016\/04\/23\/marking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">#MARKING<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 2014:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2014\/02\/01\/applied-medievalism-1\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">APPLIED MEDIEVALISM (1)<\/a><br \/>\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2014\/02\/01\/applied-medievalism-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">(2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 2014:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2014\/01\/27\/creative-medievalism\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">CREATIVE MEDIEVALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li>September 2012:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/2012\/09\/15\/whats-the-point\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WHAT\u2019S THE POINT?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2010\u2013 :<br \/>\nan ongoing series of posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/metametamedieval.com\/tag\/innovation\/\">#innovation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind a course, underneath its design, are fundamental questions. 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