A few weeks ago, I presented my paper with with Tara Steinmetz on female genital cutting (FGC) in The Gambia at the 2013 RECODE conference at the University of Ottawa, which was superbly organized by my Ottawa colleagues Alberto Chong, Fernanda Estevan, Louis Hotte, and Christopher Ksoll.
As a result of the comments I have received there and elsewhere, the paper has changed considerably, and it is about to change even more. Still, I thought I’d share the slides of my presentation given that my blog has had many visitors interested in FGC over the weekend. You can find my slides here (link opens a .pdf).
More on What You Won’t Get Out of a MOOC
My post on massive open online courses (MOOCs) generated a bit of commentary. Since I am busy with travel, a grant proposal, and a commissioned article on top of the usual research and committee work these days (I don’t teach in the fall), I thought I would summarize that commentary in lieu of a proper Monday post.
First came a post by Aine Seitz McCarthy, one of our PhD students whose blog also focuses on development. Aine (“pronounced like An-ya”) sees MOOCs as a threat to her future employment: