LDSC37 Originally uploaded by docZox My friend and colleague, Cole Camplese, and I gave a joint presentation on a collaborative project we have developed called "Hacking Pedagogy." The idea is to open a digital space…
Christopher LongJuly 21, 2010
In episode 37 of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Matt Jordan, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies in the College of Communications here at Penn State. His work focuses on jazz, pop…
Christopher LongJuly 13, 2010
It is widely recognized among educators that student engagement is a key to academic success. Disengaged students erode the social dynamics in the classroom, have a negative impact on their peers and drop out at…
Christopher LongJuly 8, 2010
Cole Camplese and I were invited to be part of this year's Learning Design Summer Camp at Penn State. The presentation topic that was proposed to us was strong in and of itself, but when…
Christopher LongJuly 2, 2010
Mark Shifmann joins me to discuss Plutarch's understanding of the practice of Socratic philosophy as animated by erotic wisdom. Plutarch himself focused more on Socratic practice than on attempting to articulate a systematic account of…
Christopher LongJune 29, 2010
MYRTLE BEACH, SC - She is uncertain, but brave and increasingly confident. The waves are not huge, but to her six-year-old self, they must be daunting. Even so, we venture out, her to test her…
Christopher LongJune 16, 2010
Sean Kirkland joins me for Digital Dialogue episode 35 to joins me today to talk about a book project he is completing entitled Ontology and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Early Dialogues. Our discussion focuses on the…
Christopher LongJune 15, 2010
It seems that my quest to close the digital research circle has been joined by a few fellow researchers. The idea is compelling and would not only save both time and paper, but would offer new…
Christopher LongJune 3, 2010
Rob Metcalf, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Denver and graduate of the Pennsylvania State University's Department of Philosophy, joins me for episode 34 of the Digital Dialogue. Rob's work focuses…
Christopher LongJune 1, 2010
Last fall, Teaching and Learning with Technology shot some footage of me in the classroom as I was teaching my Philosophy 200 course on Socratic Politics. In that course, I made extensive use of blogs…
Christopher LongMay 24, 2010
Last month in a post about closing the digital research circle, I wrote about using the iPad to read, take notes on pdf files and integrate those files into a bibliography program. We are still…
Christopher LongMay 21, 2010
Despite the fact that I have never voted for Arlen Specter, I have come to respect some of the values he stood for over his long career in the Senate. As a Republican, he remained…
Christopher LongMay 18, 2010
Jill Gordon, Dana Professor of Philosophy at Colby College, and Sara Brill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, join me for episode 33 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss Catherine Zuckert's keynote address at…
Christopher LongMay 18, 2010
Last Fall I gave a presentation to faculty in the Rock Ethics Institute entitled The Ethics of Blogging Ethics in which I outline some of the main pedagogical benefits of adopting an open blog as…
Christopher LongMay 18, 2010
We gather here today to celebrate a milestone in the lives of each of our graduates. To arrive at a milestone, however, is a rather peculiar thing. For a milestone is less a destination, than…
Christopher LongMay 15, 2010
Today is ArtGirl's birthday and I am feeling the need to mark the moment with a few reflections about some of the things I admire about my daughter.She questions with assiduous tenacity and refuses to…
Christopher LongMay 11, 2010
Episode 32 of the Digital Dialogue is a recording of my paper on Plato's Protagoras entitled, "Crisis of Community: The Topology of Socratic Politics," delivered at the 10th Annual Independent meeting of the Ancient Philosophy…
Christopher LongMay 3, 2010
EAST LANSING, MI It was particularly poignant for me to give a paper on the nature of Socratic political community at the tenth annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society. The APS has been for…
Christopher LongApril 25, 2010
Ryan Drake, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University and graduate of Penn State's Philosophy Department, joins me for Digital Dialogue 31 which focused on the paper I will deliver at the 2010 Ancient Philosophy…
Christopher LongApril 20, 2010
In this presentation to the Teaching Forum of the Department of Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice, I emphasize how relinquishing control of assignment topics in a course can open a space for students to…
Christopher LongApril 15, 2010
I have been looking for a way to close the circle of my digital academic research. The idea is to do rigorous philosophical research without paper, taking full advantage of cloud computing, the syncing of…
Christopher LongApril 15, 2010
It is already clear to me that the iPad does not replicate the experience of the iPhone even though many of the apps serve the same functionality. The iPad is much less intrusive in collaborative…
Christopher LongApril 8, 2010
My good friend and fellow New School graduate, Rick Lee, joins me for episode 30 of the Digital Dialogue. We discuss his work on Hobbes and the dangers of a politics that acts on behalf…
Christopher LongApril 6, 2010
ORLANDO, FL - My first visit to Disney World surprised me. Before I had two girls, I never thought I would be interested in visiting a place that stood, in my mind, for all that…
Christopher LongApril 3, 2010
Over the past few days I have been thinking more intensely about the meaning and nature of academic transformation. In the wake of the TLT Symposium at Penn State last weekend, I traveled to Orlando…
Christopher LongMarch 30, 2010
Today students from my Fall 2009 Philosophy 20, Ancient Greek Philosophy, course present a short video that seeks to express something of the learning community that grew when we did all our writing in the…
Christopher LongMarch 26, 2010
Consider the following two passages, written in the wake of the enormous technological advances of the early 20th century: "Technology is ... no mere means. Technology is a way of revealing. If we give heed…
Christopher LongMarch 26, 2010
Falguni Sheth, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory at Hampshire College joins me for episode 29 of the Digital Dialogue to talk about her book Toward a Political Philosophy of Race. We discuss the…
Christopher LongMarch 16, 2010
In the wake of a paper on Oedipus and his relationship with his daughters in Oedipus at Colonus I gave at the Philosophy Research Colloquium, I have put together some thoughts for how I will…
Christopher LongMarch 6, 2010
Leonard Lawlor, Edwin Earl Sparks Professor of Philosophy and Co-director of the Society for Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy, joins me for episode 28 of the Digital Dialogue in which we discuss his recent work on…
Christopher LongMarch 2, 2010
This presentation was developed for a panel entitled "Engaging with New Technologies" at the 2010 Central Division of the American Philosophical Association.Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/LongBlogAPA
Christopher LongFebruary 17, 2010
Kathryn Gines, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and founding co-Director of the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers (CBWP) joins me for episode 27 of the Digital Dialogue. In this episode we discuss the CBWP, the initiatives…
Christopher LongFebruary 16, 2010
Upon reading the 2010 Horizon Report from the New Media Consortium, I was struck by how the key trends in technology they identify might help us meet challenges they articulate. Let me mention a two…
Christopher LongFebruary 6, 2010
Episode 26 of the Digital Dialogue is a special edition in which Jaimie Oberdick, Associate Editor for Publications at Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) at Penn State, turns the tables on me and interviews…
Christopher LongFebruary 2, 2010
As I begin as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, I have been thinking about how to articulate the power of social media to those who…
Christopher LongJanuary 31, 2010
Jeremy Engels, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences here at Penn State University, joins me for Digital Dialogue, episode 25. Jeremy's work focuses on the rhetorical foundations of democratic practices. His first book, Enemyship,…
Christopher LongJanuary 19, 2010
Emanuela Bianchi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte joins me for episode 24 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss her book manuscript with the working title The Feminine Symptom: Aleatory…
Christopher LongJanuary 5, 2010
It is impossible to put the rich complexity of a unique human life into words, but sometimes, the articulation of a single idea can capture something of a life that might otherwise escape notice.
Christopher LongDecember 23, 2009
Robert Bernasconi, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, joins me for episode 23 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss his inaugural lecture at Penn State entitled "Nature, Culture, Race: A Phenomenological Perspective on Critical Philosophy…
Christopher LongDecember 22, 2009
The Rock Ethics Institute has taken a lead in cultivating a real dialogue about the Penn State's energy future. On November 18, 2009, Nancy Tuana, the Director of the Rock Ethics Institute, moderated a roundtable…
Christopher LongDecember 15, 2009
A group of students from my Philosophy 200, Ancient Greek Philosophy, course join me for episode 22 of the Digital Dialogue. Drew Bullard, Jordan Sanford, Cody Yashinsky, Anthony Zirpoli, Tony Arnold, Pam Doran and Joni…
Christopher LongDecember 15, 2009
After talking to trusted people, thinking things over and otherwise working through the transition I am making to Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the College of the Liberal Arts, I have decided to embrace…
Christopher LongDecember 13, 2009
Axelle Karera, graduate student in Philosophy at Penn State, and Nicolas Parra, who is a visiting student at Penn State as he completes his M.A. degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogata, Columbia, join…
Christopher LongDecember 8, 2009
One of the more important of the many unexpected benefits of producing the Digital Dialogue is the feedback I have received from friends who listen. In a strange way, the podcast offers me some distance…
Christopher LongDecember 2, 2009
Michael Shaw, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program at Utah Valley University, and Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College join me for episode 20 of the Digital Dialogue.…
Christopher LongDecember 1, 2009
This Thanksgiving we decided to participate in the spirit of the National Day of Listening. My cousin, Marjorie, and I sat down with our mothers, Janet Filing and Barbara Almstead, to ask them about their…
Christopher LongNovember 27, 2009
Adriel Trott, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Pan American joins me for episode 19 of the Digital Dialogue. Adriel received her PhD in Philosophy from Villanova University in 2008 with a…
Christopher LongNovember 24, 2009
Noëlle McAfee, Research Professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, joins me for episode 18 of the Digital Dialogue which is another special SPEP edition. Noëlle has numerous publications…
Christopher LongNovember 17, 2009
OREM, UT - I was asked to address a group of faculty at the Utah Valley University, where there is a strong commitment to engaged learning. In the presentation that follows, I offer a model…
Christopher LongNovember 17, 2009
SUNDANCE, UT - Today I participated on a panel for the honors program at the Utah Valley University, whose director, Michael Shaw, invited Marina McCoy and me to present papers for a panel dedicated to…
Christopher LongNovember 16, 2009
Dear Hannah: Today is the day we have been talking about since the summer - finally, it's your birthday! Today we celebrate you and the way you have celebrated us everyday since you arrived four…
Christopher LongNovember 11, 2009
Rose Cherubin, Associate Professor of Philosophy at George Mason University, joins me and a special panel of colleagues from the Ancient Philosophy Society for a special SPEP edition of the Digital Dialogue. We gathered together…
Christopher LongNovember 10, 2009
One of the most difficult things for new Graduate Students to manage effectively is their time. This is in large part because graduate study has built into it large segments of unstructured time that can…
Christopher LongNovember 9, 2009
Twenty years ago today, I can remember the buzz that spread among my American student colleagues at the Institute for European Studies in Vienna when we learned that the Berlin Wall had fallen.Just two weeks…
Christopher LongNovember 9, 2009
John Lysaker, Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, joins me for the first of three special SPEP 2009 editions of the Digital Dialogue recorded in Arlington, VA at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society…
Christopher LongNovember 3, 2009
Two weeks ago, I was asked to present my model for Integrating Teaching and Research with Technology. Although today I return to that material in my presentation to the University Information Technology Faculty Advisory Committee,…
Christopher LongNovember 2, 2009
ARLINGTON, VA - The search for a job in any field in the midst of an economic downturn can be harrowing; for those seeking jobs in a field like Philosophy where even in good economic…
Christopher LongOctober 30, 2009
Holly Moore, who defended her dissertation, entitled "Plato's Analogical Thought" at DePaul University on October 12th, 2009, joins me for episode 15 of the Digital Dialogue. Dr. Moore is a graduate of Penn State's Undergraduate…
Christopher LongOctober 26, 2009
The Voice of Singularity traces what Reiner Schürmann calls the "double comprehension of being" in Kant in which the sense of being as pure givenness is said to be recognized but denied by Kant as…
Christopher LongOctober 23, 2009
We woke this morning in a cold, dark house as our power had gone out early in the morning. As we made our way downstairs, we began to realize that the power outage was only…
Christopher LongOctober 16, 2009
This presentation is based on two insights that have grown over time but came into sharp focus over the summer of 2009 during which time I was a faculty fellow at Teaching and Learning with…
Christopher LongOctober 13, 2009
John Christman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Political Science and Women's Studies at Penn State, joins me for episode 14 of the Digital Dialogue. In this episode, we discuss the social-historical conception of the self, John's…
Christopher LongOctober 13, 2009
On October 9th, 2009, I received official word that my manuscript, The Saying of Things: The Nature of Truth and the Truth of Nature, was accepted for publication at the Cambridge University Press under the…
Christopher LongOctober 9, 2009
ALTOONA, PA - Today I gave the keynote address at the West Virginia Philosophical Society being held at Penn State Altoona. This presentation is drawn from the penultimate chapter of the manuscript for my book,…
Christopher LongOctober 9, 2009
Sara Brill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, joins me for episode 13 of the Digital Dialogue. Sara graduated from the Philosophy Department here at Penn State in 2004, where she wrote her dissertation…
Christopher LongSeptember 29, 2009
One of the great privileges of my summer faculty fellowship has been the opportunity to work with creative and thoughtful educators and designers who were able to help me think more holistically about my identity…
Christopher LongSeptember 25, 2009
"... we're in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven't seen since Greek civilization."-- Andrea Lunsford, in Wired article "Clive Thompson on the New Literacy"PrefaceThe web log, or blog, opens…
Christopher LongSeptember 23, 2009
Digital Dialogue 12 is with Mark Munn who is Professor of Ancient Greek History, Greek Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies here at Penn State. We focus on the relationship between eros and democracy…
Christopher LongSeptember 19, 2009
One of the most rewarding aspects of my Teaching and Learning with Technology Faculty Fellowship has been the recognition my efforts in this area are beginning to gain.Last week, my work over the summer was…
Christopher LongSeptember 11, 2009
In episode 11 of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Christopher Johnstone who is Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences here at Penn State. His research and teaching focuses on the history of…
Christopher LongSeptember 9, 2009
Late in his career, Heidegger affirms the longstanding criticism of his reading of the Greek 'aletheia' as unconcealment. In his 1964 lecture The End of Philosophy and the Task of Thinking, Heidegger writes: The natural…
Christopher LongSeptember 5, 2009
Dear Chloe:Today you begin a great and wondrous journey. Today, you begin Kindergarten and with it, the formal education that will open you to a world of ideas and experiences that will shape the person…
Christopher LongSeptember 3, 2009
In episode 10 of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Allan Gyorke, Ryan Wetzel, and Matt Meyer, the team that has been working with me during my summer faculty fellowship at Penn State's Teaching…
Christopher LongAugust 30, 2009
In the wake of the Specter town hall I blogged about here, I have been thinking about the underlying political ideology of those who are so angry about health insurance reform. I would characterize those…
Christopher LongAugust 23, 2009
Last week I was offered and accepted the position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the College of the Liberal Arts at The Pennsylvania State University. In this position, which officially begins January 1,…
Christopher LongAugust 22, 2009
In episode 9 of the Digital Dialgoue, I am joined by Jill Gordon, who is currently Professor of Philosophy at Colby College, but in just a few days, on September 1st, she will be the Charles A.…
Christopher LongAugust 20, 2009
In episode 8 of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Shannon Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy, Women's Studies and African and African American Studies here at Penn State. Shannon is also the Head of the…
Christopher LongAugust 13, 2009
I recorded the following video at today's town hall meeting with Senator Specter in State College at the Penn Stater hotel. It captures something of the anger and passion of the event. It illustrates too an…
Christopher LongAugust 12, 2009
10:03: As this comes to a close, I am feeling at once hopeful and depressed. A life of anger and hate is difficult. It is painful to see it and to have it seep into…
Christopher LongAugust 12, 2009
In episode seven of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Leigh Johnson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rhodes College in Memphis. She is working on scholarship related to human rights and what she calls…
Christopher LongAugust 10, 2009
I begin with this picture because it captures something of the exhilaration we experienced in two very different ways over the past two days.On Saturday we visited three local farms as part of the 2009…
Christopher LongAugust 10, 2009
In episode six of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and longstanding member of the Ancient Philosophy Society. Marina has written extensively on Plato, focusing…
Christopher LongJuly 28, 2009
I just completed Life with Chloe and Hannah episode 15, which focuses on the first half of our summer in and around State College, excluding the 2009 Stone Harbor experience, which was captured in LwCH…
Christopher LongJuly 25, 2009
Today WPSU.org published a blog post of mine in which I advocate for the passage of a strong, comprehensive healthcare reform bill prior to the August recess.I outline three basic goals the bill should achieve:…
Christopher LongJuly 23, 2009
In episode five of the Digital Dialogue podcast, I am joined by Joshua Miller, Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy and blogger under the pseudonym anotherpanacea. We focus on the question of identity and anonymity. Because Josh…
Christopher LongJuly 23, 2009
STATE COLLEGE, PA - As one of the Teaching and Learning with Technology summer faculty fellows, I am on a panel at the 2009 Learning Design Summer Camp that focuses on new forms of digital…
Christopher LongJuly 21, 2009
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. The event itself seems, from this distance, to have marked the end of an era of tumultuous creativity and violence in American culture and politics.
Christopher LongJuly 20, 2009
The social web is frequently moving, often inane and continuously ongoing. Its voices reflect the beautiful diversity of the human experience. This week another voice was added to the discussion; it is the voice of…
Christopher LongJuly 15, 2009
In episode four of the Digital Dialogue podcast, Allan Gyorke and I talk with recent PhD Philosophy graduate and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Michael Brownstein, about his work on…
Christopher LongJuly 14, 2009
Over the weekend we celebrated the Fourth of July in local style here in State College. The day began with a wonderful children's parade of bikes through town to the local Central Parklet, where we ate…
Christopher LongJuly 7, 2009
I have finally processed the footage from this year's vacation in Stone Harbor and produced a video available here:http://gallery.me.com/longc2#100144In the video you will see much splashing in the pool, reminiscences of last year on the…
Christopher LongJuly 6, 2009
In episode 03 of the Digital Dialogue Podcast, Ryan, Matt, Allan and I consider the question of sincerity as it relates to dialogue and politics. In the course of the discussion, we consider how the…
Christopher LongJuly 3, 2009
Read my latest blog post on the WPSU.org website in which I respond to a letter I received from Representative Thompson. He wrote me a letter after I called his office to encourage him to…
Christopher LongJune 30, 2009
Yesterday we were all at the State College Summer Music Festival doing some listening and dancing. The Centre Daily Times was there to cover it. Front page, above the fold, pretty impressive:
Christopher LongJune 28, 2009
As his wife, Martha, lay dying at the age of 34, Thomas Jefferson and she took turns copying out by hand this passage from the Laurence Sterne novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy,…
Christopher LongJune 28, 2009
Here is episode 02 of the Digital Dialogue podcast. In it I talk with Allan Gyorke, Ryan Wetzel and Matt Meyer about openness and how it is related to dialogue, digital technologies and pedagogy. Digital…
Christopher LongJune 26, 2009
On this Father's Day, I felt compelled to see a project to completion. Much of my academic life involves projects that take a long time to complete. Last week I spent an entire day trying to…
Christopher LongJune 21, 2009
Today saddens me. Although it is not clear what the ultimate outcome of the events that have unfolded in Iran over the last week will be, still, today's violent response by the Iranian government to…
Christopher LongJune 20, 2009
To begin the dialogue, I thought it appropriate to post the first in a series of Digital Dialogue podcasts designed to generate discussion around questions concerning but not limited to the nature of digital dialogue,…
Christopher LongJune 18, 2009
