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What is CODEX?

Collectively, the CODEX project has envisioned a consortial model for cultivating and sustaining deeper critical engagement with digital technologies in scholarship and teaching across our campuses.

Our vision includes the following proposed elements:

Ohio Five CODEX Institute

A one-week intensive summer session in which a cohort of 20-30 faculty work in collaboration with instructional technologists, librarians, and students from the Ohio Five, as well as invited outside experts, to redesign or augment existing courses with new approaches that foster critical engagement with and through digital technologies. During the institute, faculty develop and test learning goals and projects, methods of assessing project-based student work, and practice new digital skills and methods. To sustain interest and participation beyond the summer institute, additional workshops and invited lectures would be conducted both virtually and in-person throughout the academic year.

Digital Labs

Labs paired with humanities and social science courses that provide space for students to develop proficiency with digital research methods and to collaborate with peers on project-based assignments. Labs are pedagogical opportunities in their own right, providing opportunities for students to not only use technology, but reflect on and evaluate technology within the context of the course material.

Summer Student Digital Research Fellowships

Summer research fellowships modeled largely after existing faculty-student research fellowships. Fellowship can take the form of faculty-initiated digital scholarship project or a student-initiated project undertaken with faculty mentorship. Fellows would form a cohort that would meet multiple times throughout their fellowships to share research experiences and help each other to develop new skills and techniques. The fellows would also present their work to other students and faculty as part of a traveling student symposium during the academic year.

Microgrants

Microgrants available to both students and faculty as a means of supporting meaningful student participation in digital projects throughout the academic year. These small competitive grants would support digital research assistant positions, independent student research projects, peer mentors or teaching assistants, and attendance at conferences to share the results of our digital scholarship and pedagogy.

Ohio Five Post-Doctoral and Post-Baccalaureate Fellows

An Ohio Five post-doctoral fellow who would coordinate administrative work involved in organizing the Ohio Five Digital Pedagogy Institute, activities of the Student Fellows, the traveling Student Symposium, and support for faculty in developing research and pedagogical projects.

A post-baccalaureate fellow who would support the post-doctoral fellow and teaching assistants working in courses and labs, and lead the group of student fellows engaged in digital projects.

Information Hub for Practitioners and Tenure/Promotion Review Committees

A robust repository of curated resources to assist with all phases of the digital scholarship lifecycle, focusing on issues of project planning, organization, accessibility, ethical and legal best practices, and long-term use and sustainability. The information hub also functions as a consortial hub for tenure and promotion committees with resources related to the evaluation of faculty digital research and pedagogy, including a directory of peer faculty contacts who could serve as collaborators, mentors, or external reviewers for tenure and promotion.

Catherine Dollard (Co-Chair)
Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Denison University

Irene Herold (Co-Chair)
Librarian of the College
College of Wooster

Matthew Broda
Associate Professor of Education & Department Chair
College of Wooster

Nancy Comorau
Associate Professor of English
Ohio Wesleyan University

Jacob Heil
Digital Scholarship Librarian & Director of Collaborative Research Environment (CoRE)
College of Wooster

Sheryl Hemkin
Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Chemistry
Kenyon College

Jeremy Rapport
Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Department Chair
College of Wooster

Juan Armando Rojas
Professor of Modern Foreign Languages & Chief Diversity Officer
Ohio Wesleyan University (formerly)

Clara Roman-Odio
Professor of Spanish & Director of Latino/a Studies
Kenyon College

Kelli Van Wasshenova
Instructional Technologist
Denison University

Drew Wilburn
Associate Professor of Classics
Oberlin College

Student Opportunities Working Group

Jenna Nolt (Co-Chair)
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Kenyon College

Donnie Sendelbach (Co-Chair)
Director of Educational Technology Services
Denison University

Emily Armour
Educational Technologist
College of Wooster

Chris Fink
Associate Professor of Health & Human Kinetics
Ohio Wesleyan University

Shirley Huston-Findley
Professor of Theatre & Dance & Department Chair
College of Wooster

Ann Palcisco
Associate Director of Institutional Research
Kenyon College

Sheilah (Wilson) Restack
Associate Professor of Studio Art
Denison University

Eugene Rutigliano
Digital Initiatives Librarian and Curator of the Ohio Wesleyan Historical Collection
Ohio Wesleyan University

David Soliday
Instructional Technologist
Ohio Wesleyan University

Elizabeth Sullivan
Assessment and User Experience Librarian
Oberlin College

Nathan Wolfe
Social Sciences and Data Librarian
Kenyon College (formerly)

Ohio Five Digital Scholarship Task Force