Week 10: Surveillance, More on Accessibility, Indigenous Digital Literacies, and more

Hi class, we have some incredible guests this week. Please review the following talks and resources shared. As always, we encourage you to watch videos with your pod. Please note the privacy preferences of our guests in terms of 1) whether they opted for a public talk or a private one – private ones will be stored in BrightSpace, 2) the copyright or open license (if applicable) they chose for their talk and materials, and 3) their preference on whether you post reflections on their talk naming them or not. Unless otherwise indicated, guests talks are CC-BY licensed, publicly accessible, and guests weclome your naming them in blog reflections. Two of the talks today have very specific privacy preferences and copyright with no open license.

• Ian Linkletter on “Academic Surveillance in Higher Education” (Ian’s bio)
  • Private talk posted in Brightspace (private preference)
  • copyrighted with no Creative Commons license (no reposting)
  • Review the Academic Surveillance Resource Links shared by Ian

• Chris Gilliard on Digital Surveillance (See Chris Gilliard’s bio)
  • Private podcast (audio only) posted in BrightSpace (private preference)
  • copyrighted with no Creative Commons license (no reposting)
  • Chris Gilliard’s blog
  • Sample articles written by Chris (login required so not required reading):
    • The Rise of Luxury Surveillance in The Atlantic
    • A Black Woman Invested Home Security. Why Did It Go So Wrong? in Wired

• Introduction to Academic Access (Accommodation, Rights, and Resources)
  • A follow-up to our previous talk by CAL on adaptive/assistive technologies, we wanted to share another talk to help learners better understand their rights, the resources they can access, and accommodations vs. concessions. This time, we were joined by three team members from CAL. While this is not a required talk, given it is not directly centred on digital literacy, we encourage all learners to be informed on rights and resources.

  • Links:

    • How to register with CAL
    • Justice Institute of BC’s summary of the duty to accommodate
    • Learning Assistance Program: learning strategists and specialized tutors for all students
    • Student Wellness Centre: physical and mental health support
    • UVSS Society for Students with a Disability: advocacy and support for students with a disability by students with a disability

• • See guest bios below:
    • Charlie Watson’s bio
    • Sydney LaMarsh’s bio
    • Szymon Stecewicz’s bio (forthcoming)

• Indigenous Perspective on Digital Literacy with Nodin Cutfeet of Waniskaw Foundation (Nodin’s bio)

Further information about Nodin’s work:

• • Brief information about the Waniskaw Foundation
  • Detailed write-up about Waniskâw
  • Rough prototype, which requires some contextualization in its current stripped-down form