Lightning talks

Date: Thursday, August 1, 2024
Time: 10:00 - 10:45 am (EDT) (UTC-04:00)
Location: Room 1 (McShain)

Lightning talks are a great way to learn about new topics.

10:00 - 10:45 am (EDT) (UTC-04:00)

The Secret Sauce to our Shared Knowledge: Creative Commons licenses and how to use them

Jennryn Wetzler

Whether you know it or not, much of our collective learning and knowledge sharing is powered by Creative Commons. In this session, Creative Commons will reveal how much of our education is built atop Creative Commons licenses: from WordPress sites, Canvas courses, all of the content on Wikipedia, TedX talks, to a countless stream of…

10:00 - 10:45 am (EDT) (UTC-04:00)

Internet Art in Higher Education: Using WordPress to Understand Value

Win

Learn about Internet Art by jumping into my latest artwork made with WordPress. This piece challenges conventional views on the value of college degrees and the knowledge they signify, prompting you to rethink the value of education today. While many have built successful careers on WordPress, there's no formal degree for this expertise. This raises…

10:00 - 10:45 am (EDT) (UTC-04:00)

Once You Pop(over), You Just Can't Stop... (over): The Popover API

John Rhea

No longer do we need hacks and such to send an element into the freewheeling space above our websites. The new popover API gives us a wealth of resources to make pop ups happen with just HTML, no CSS or JavaScript required. Pop on in to this session to see how it's done. Unfortunately, neither…