To prevent cheating with AI, add it to your syllabus
Still Water faculty and colleagues have an answer for educators confused about how to cope with the rapid rise of ChatGPT and its ilk.
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Jason Scott of the Internet Archive returns for public webinar
UMaine’s Digital Curation program is thrilled to host a free public webinar with “free-range archivist” Jason Scott on Wednesday 5 May at 2pm EDT as part of its regular teleconference series. Anyone interested in attending can register for free.
COVID-related New Media capstones win acclaim in print and broadcast press
News stories in the Bangor Daily News and the Portland CBS station profiled New Media seniors and their creative applications designed to help people cope with COVID-19.
Free online tutorials teach mobile appmaking
 Knowing how to make mobile apps in 2020 is like knowing how to make a website in 2000: a skill much in demand but known by few. Now anyone hoping to learn to create apps for iOS or Android can take advantage of a free suite of interactive tutorials from the University of Maine’s New …
Joline Blais’ students take to the woods and the air
New Media student projects are more than term papers to be chucked when the semester’s over. Many enjoy a renewed life after graduation, as demonstrated by recent TV and news articles on outdoor-oriented ventures from the 2015 capstone course taught by Still Water Co-Director Joline Blais. From drone classes for high school students to mobile …
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Lexicon of Sustainability is a visual lesson in green design
It’s hard to articulate ecological values with a vocabulary inherited from the industrial age. The Lexicon of Sustainability, an exhibition co-curated by Dan Dixon and Still Water’s Joline Blais, aims to change that.
Joline Blais fills digital frames with local color
Maine has long held a fascination for out-of-state writers and artists, who have evoked the state’s pristine forests and rocky coastline in stories and paintings. But what is it like to grow up here? The Bangor Daily News recently showcased a series of “digital postcards” created for a New Media class taught by Still Water …
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Digital Curation tuition discount extended to Spring 2015
Good news for out-of-state and international students interested in the University of Maine’s online Digital Curation graduate program. The University has extended its long-distance discount to students who enroll in the Certificate by this spring.
Demand grows for Digital Curation
The University of Maine’s online program in digital curation has been growing quickly, with applications to the graduate certificate tripling over the past two years. It’s good timing, because US employer demand for digital curation professionals grew 60% from 2010 to 2013. That’s according to a report just out from the Education Advisory Board, which …
Register by September to get the in-state rate for online Digital Curation courses
After observing the impressive response to its fledgling Digital Curation program, which has already been called “a national standard for the study of digital curation,” the University of Maine has approved a special discount for out-of-state students. In-state tuition for our Digital Curation graduate certificate is one-third the cost of out-of-state tuition–and anyone who enrolls …
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