In honor of International Open Access Week, Whittier College’s Digital Liberal Arts Center (DigLibArts) is hosting three events during the week of October 19 that will examine the topic of free access or free, immediate, online access to information.
Open Access week is dedicated to remind us about the significance of incorporating technology in education and takes a step back to look upon the history of the advancement of technology to where it is today. Throughout the week, there will be multiple events covering topics such as creating your own domain, and two film screenings surrounding the subject of computer programming in today’s society.
The events scheduled for Open Access Week are:
Workshop with Jim Groom
Tuesday, October 20 at 4:30 p.m.
Instructional Lab
Jim Groom, co-founder of the independent EdTech hosting company, Reclaim Hosting will lead a workshop for Whittier College faculty members and students where he will discuss to take ownership and control over their content on the web instead of handing it to third-party publishers.
To get more information about owning your own website domain, visit the Whittier Domains site.
Reclaim Hosting: “Own Your Own Domain” Jim Groom Lecture
Lecture: Wednesday, October 21 at 4:30 p.m.
Villalobos Hall
Jim Groom will present “Owning Your Own Domain” and will discuss with the Whittier College community topics around web domains and how to reclaim them. Groom, the co-founder of Reclaim Hosting, has devoted the past 15 years of his life to education and more specifically the advancement of teaching and learning in higher education. He has partnered up with multiple campus-wide publishing platforms and set new standards for establishments on how they could approach educational technology in today’s society. Groom previously served as the executive director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies and adjunct professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
A meet a greet will take place at 4:30 p.m. followed by the talk and a Q&A at 5 p.m.
The Internet’s Own Boy
Film Screening: Thursday, October 22 at 7 p.m.
Deihl Hall 118
DigLibArts and Department of Mathematics present the screening of The Internet’s Own Boy. The film tells the story of the incredible work of programming genius and co-founder of the entertainment social networking site Reddit, Aaron Swartz. The combination of Swartz’s hard work in social justice and drive to exploit information for the benefit of the public landed him in legal trouble, and unfortunately Swartz ends taking of his own life at the age of 26. The film shines light on what can be lost when unaware of the power of technology and its correspondence to our civil liberties.
Other upcoming DigLibArts events include:
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
Documentary Film Screening: Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m.
Deihl Hall 118
Another film screening presented the DigLibArts, Department of Mathematics Program and Garrett House is CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap. This documentary explores the world of computer programming and tries to find reason for the lack of women and other minorities throughout the field. Grace Hooper (1906-1992), a female, was one of the first computer programmers to invent a compiler for the programming language.
Quinn Norton: Seeing Like a Network
Lecture: Thursday, December 3 at 4:30 p.m.
Villalobos Hall
American journalist, blogger and photographer Quinn Norton will discuss digital literacy and what it is to live in the age of networks. Norton writes about issues such as privacy and identity, digital security, body hacking, and Internet politics. She’s a contributor for Wired, The Atlantic, and Maximum PC.
Read more about upcoming DigLibArts events.
