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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · 25d

Volunteering at our church’s booth for pride and the person in charge of friendship bracelets is sick. No need to fear, I’ve been preparing for this moment for years! #swiftie

Beads with a friendship bracelet that reads “you need to calm down” which is a Taylor swift song

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Look at this amazing thank you gift from my recently graduated PhD advisee! #swiftieprofessor

Coffee mug with text that reads it’s me, hi, I’m the researcher it’s me.

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Aug 23

This cross stitch of Taylor Swift is AMAZING! #mnstatefair

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Aug 14

Now I’m looking up funfetti sourdough making with the rest of the internet when I have courses to prep. Thanks Taylor 🙄😂 #swiftie #itsaloafstory

Google search trends for funfetti sourdough peaked when Taylor Swift mentioned it

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Aug 12

TS12!!!! #thelifeofashowgirl

Purchase confirmation email from Taylor Nation

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Undergraduate students see the value of authentic engagement with real audiences, but not Creative Commons.

Read more about these themes identified in interviews of 25 students here.
jofdl.nz/index.php/JO...

Exploring Open Pedagogy Principles: A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Experiences | Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jul 31

does anyone know if there are any repositories with 'continuously' collected twitter/X data including of retweets of large/most followed twitter accounts? ideal if it goes back a few years

thank you kindly 🙏🏾

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Aug 1

I make daily lists for my teen swiftie 🧂 💨 #august #taylorswift

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · Jul 31

Elon Musk's DOGE wasted more than $21 billion in just six months. Other studies have found that in the long term it may cost the government more than it saved, while resulting in millions of deaths.

www.commondreams.org/news/doge-wa...

DOGE Wasted Tens of Billions While Chainsawing the Government in the Name of 'Efficiency': Senate Report | Common Dreams

Elon Musk's DOGE wasted more than $21 billion in just six months. Other studies have found that in the longterm it may cost the government more than it saved, while resulting in millions of deaths.

www.commondreams.org

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 30

I love teaching with open textbooks because then I can cut this kind of nonsense and add what's important to learning child development.
#oer #freudsucks

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 21

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

A sign of gender and genre bias from mentioning a blonde woman who sings pop music? Perhaps.
#taylorswift #collegeteaching

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

These weren't courses about Taylor Swift. These were psych, business, and humanities courses that were exactly the same descriptions/learning objectives except "incorporating Taylor Swift's career and music" was added.
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

But the popular culture themed course was not considered less difficult. The Taylor Swift course was though--perceived difficulty was notably lower than pop culture or control courses.
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

There's a concern that incorporating popular culture will lead to students thinking the course is less difficult/rigorous. Because pop culture is stereotyped as vapid and lacking value.
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

Students who knew more about Taylor Swift were more likely to be interested in the Taylor Swift themed course. Similar findings for popular culture. This makes sense--their initial interest in the theme of the course likely sparked interest in the course in general.

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

Students who knew more about Taylor Swift were more likely to enroll in the Taylor Swift course. Which makes sense. This wasn't the case with the popular culture course. Which doesn't really make sense and I'm still scratching my head a bit about.
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

interest in the course, and how difficult they thought the course was.
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

College students were randomly assigned to reading college course descriptions and learning objectives that either incorporated Taylor Swift, pop culture in general, or neither (control). They were then asked about their likelihood of enrolling in the course….
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 15

Have you heard of college courses with Taylor Swift or other popular culture icons or themes in the name? And wondered what students think of them? I decided to test this in an experimental study.
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Full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Life Is Just a Classroom: Student Perceptions of Courses Incorporating Popular Culture

Some faculty design and teach college courses that incorporate popular culture, presumably to engage and spark interest in students. The purpose of this study is to examine student perceptions of c...

www.tandfonline.com

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 14

Did you enjoy the moment though?

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 13

No MNDNR, I will not “enjoy the moment” if I see a bear. I will panic 🐻 😱

At Lake Itasca

#minnesota

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 13

Anyone else wondering about Greece?

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Virginia Clinton-Lisell @drclintonlisell.bsky.social · Jul 12

Me: my study is published!
Husband: what’s it about?
Me: student perceptions of courses incorporating popular culture
Husband: so Taylor Swift?

He knows me so well 🫶

#swiftie #sotl #openaccess #collegeteaching #studentmotivation

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Life Is Just a Classroom: Student Perceptions of Courses Incorporating Popular Culture

Some faculty design and teach college courses that incorporate popular culture, presumably to engage and spark interest in students. The purpose of this study is to examine student perceptions of c...

www.tandfonline.com

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Rajiv Jhangiani @profjhangiani.bsky.social · Jul 10

I am excited to share my latest publication, co-authored with Oya Pakkal and Xiaoyang Xia, on the multi-year impact of Canada's first Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) degree programs, at my former institution Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

#OER #OpenEducation #OEP #ZTC

openpraxis.org/articles/10....

The Multi-Year Impact of Canada’s First Zero Textbook Cost Initiative | Open Praxis

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