https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/author/crybak/Recent content in Crybak on Journal of Digital HumanitiesHugoen-USFri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/2-2/review-commons-in-a-box-by-chuck-rybak/Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/2-2/review-commons-in-a-box-by-chuck-rybak/<p>One of my teaching goals is to end the practice of “<a href="http://www.sadiron.com/cul-de-sac-pedagogy/" title="Chuck Rybak, 'Cul-de-Sac Pedagogy'">Cul-de-Sac Pedagogy</a>,” where students travel down sheltered roads, drop off assignments, and then make anxious return loops to collect their grades. Much to the students’ detriment, no one outside the cul-de-sac sees their work. I’ve recently promised my students that all major assignments would invite an audience larger than me, but achieving this goal would require a technological boost: enter <a href="http://commonsinabox.org/" title="Commons In A Box">Commons In A Box</a> (CBOX), a free software project developed by <a href="http://commonsinabox.org/about-the-project/project-team" title="Commons In A Box Project Team">Matthew K. Gold’s team</a> at the <a href="http://www.cuny.edu/index.html" title="City University of New York">City University of New York</a> (CUNY). In one semester’s time CBOX’s functional versatility, as well as its open, non-proprietary environment, have helped improve the practical and philosophical elements of my teaching.</p>