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🧵 (1/5) We have a bunch of new followers today so we thought it was a good time for an introduction! 👋 ✅ We're a nonprofit network that allows users to build profiles, websites, and discussion groups. Our repository, KCWorks, is fully open access and anyone can upload items & receive DOIs!

Come to @kcommons.bsky.social and deposit in our open access repository! We are a nonprofit academy-owned platform housed at Michigan State University. We will never assert rights over your likeness, your work, or anything else. hcommons.org

Thanks for the shout out @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social! We love the work you do and your support. 🙏💕

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One of the most popular features of Knowledge Commons are the Wordpress sites our users can create for free! 👾 They're used across our platform for portfolios, journals, and so much more. Learn more: youtube.com/shorts/SDGKJ...

Here is another great instructional resource for #ResearchSpotlight day! This one is about text analysis and how to use "paragraph mapping" in the classroom. Check out Gabrielle Stecher's instructions with the link. works.hcommons.org/records/15y9...

August is almost over, and so is our #ResearchSpotlights of instructional resources. This week, we are sharing materials for teachers of literature and writing🧑‍🏫 🍎 Check out this handout that explains what a strong thesis statement should and should not be. works.hcommons.org/records/amdh...

Fun fact: did you know Knowledge Commons is a fully academy-run project? 😀 We're a small team based out of Michigan State University, but our team is spread all across the globe. 🌎 Learn more about Knowledge Commons here: about.hcommons.org

For this Thursday's #ResearchSpotlight, we have a resource for teachers to consider comprehensive rubrics as a tool to offer feedback to student writing.🤓 Check out these rubric examples by Brooke Carlson! works.hcommons.org/records/4rwp...

We love a shout out, and we were delighted to receive one from the new Dean of Michigan State University's College of Arts and Letters, Thomas Stubblefield! Welcome to MSU! 💚🤍https://msualumnipodcasts.transistor.fm/episodes/meet-the-dean-college-of-arts-and-letters-thomas-stubblefield

Here is another #ResearchSpotlight for language teachers to develop lesson plans that consider their students' success not only with language proficiency but also with intercultural competence. 😀 works.hcommons.org/records/sp3w...

Want to know more about Knowledge Commons & KCWorks? Our User Engagement Manager, Larissa Babak, wrote a post for our friends at @h-net-humanities.bsky.social on the Commons and its features! Check it out 🙂

Did you know that you can do all of these amazing things with Knowledge Commons? 📚 Discover and publish OER and open resources for free 👾 Create and share Wordpress websites 🤓 Design a professional profile, highlighting your interests and needs Get started today: hcommons.org

In the process of making my fall course websites on @kcommons.bsky.social and wanted to share that the combo of course website + private group discussion seems like a workable alternative to canvas for teaching online classes, in case this is something other folks are trying to navigate.

want to share your work on a nonprofit platform designed for scholarship? You want the Knowledge Commons! networks.h-net.org/group/discus... @kcommons.bsky.social #feedingtheelephant

#ResearchSpotlight day calls for another instructional resource! Here is a helpful piece about backward course design, its faults, and making sure it's used correctly. Check out Miranda Rodak's work! ✨ works.hcommons.org/records/ktq7...

Today's #ResearchSpotlight is a resource by Rebecca Davis for building attendance flexibility into a course. Check out the work to find more about "Oops Tokens." works.hcommons.org/records/p83n...

Our first #ResearchSpotlight for the month of August is this toolkit for developing good course descriptions 🧑‍🏫 💭 Share it with the instructors and teachers in your life! works.hcommons.org/records/zvbk...

A new academic year is upon us, and because of it, our #ResearchSpotlights this month will focus on sharing instructional tools and resources for all teachers out there! Stay tuned! 🧑‍🏫

KCWorks for Institutions is built to share knowledge, not to sell it. Learn more at join.hcommons.org and contact us to learn more! youtube.com/shorts/OU-2G...

Here is our final #ResearchSpotlight of July! Today, we are highlighting a monograph by Leora Fridman. This work, part lyric essay and part cultural criticism, discusses the relationship between crisis, community, politics, activism, and disability. works.hcommons.org/records/9jsj...

Today's #ResearchSpotlight is a journal article by Todd A. Comer analyzing The Lord of the Rings' Frodo as a disabled hero.🧝 🏹 In the work, Comer argues how the movies present a more ethical way of living "that recognizes dependence on others and the world." works.hcommons.org/records/t023...

Our #ResearchSpotlight of today is a book section by Angela M. Carter, R. Tina Catania, Sam Schmitt, and Amanda Swenson. Their work discusses the difficulties around disability and disclosure in graduate school as experienced by disabled students. works.hcommons.org/records/tfvv...

💡 Institutional repositories are an increasingly crucial part of the contemporary digital intellectual environment.💡 KCWorks for Institutions is a nonprofit, member-governed organization, and institutions will benefit both from non-extractive pricing and having a voice in the future development.

KCWorks for Institutions will enhance your institutional research dissemination, protect your research outputs as a digital preservation system, and allow for superior discovery of research objects. And that's only a few of the features we offer! Visit: join.hcommons.org

Want to dig deeper into the features of KCWorks for Institutions? 🪏 We’ve created a full website to show you more at join.hcommons.org! Take a look and pass it along to those who might want to learn more. 😊

It's Thursday of #ResearchSpotlights! Today, we are highlighting a journal article by Aimi Hamraie. This work discusses Universal Design and how "good design" should consider accessibility for disabled people. works.hcommons.org/records/wsxz...

It's our great pleasure today to announce the launch of KCWorks for Institutions: a fully hosted best-in-class repository service for your institution. 🎉 The goal of the Knowledge Commons team is to provide not just better value, but also better values. Read more: about.hcommons.org/2025/07/18/a...

Today's #ResearchSpotlight is a book section by Richard H. Godden and Asa Simon Mittman about the harmful relation between monstrosity and disability in Medieval and Early Modern art and literature. works.hcommons.org/records/3whp...

Today's #ResearchSpotlight is a journal article by Alexandra Morris about the Egyptians' understanding of Cerebral Palsy. The article explores how Egyptians depicted this disability artistically and how they believed their god Harpocrates also had it. works.hcommons.org/records/fcex...

"Research is essential to delivering on the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for generations to come." 🙏

Another day of Disability Pride Month means another #ResearchSpotlight! Today, we are sharing a syllabus for an Introduction to Literary Studies course by Dr. Hayley Stefa, titled "Reading Bodies & Disability." Check out this amazing resource! 📖 works.hcommons.org/records/ewte...

Today's #ResearchSpotlight is a conference paper by Jonathan Paul Mitchell about how "normal ability" is a social construct rather than an "objectively existing state of affairs" that normalizes certain modes of embodiedment over others, creating"disability." 💡 works.hcommons.org/records/prze...

Today's #ResearchSpotlight features a book section by Michelle Maroto and David Pettinicchio, examining how ableism leads to disparities in higher education, employment, and wealth among people with disabilities. Check out the link! works.hcommons.org/records/ktjs...

July is Disability Pride Month, and to honor this occasion, we will spotlight works deposited in KCWorks within the field of disability studies. Stay tuned to access the amazing work of our users!

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Our final #ResearchSpotlight of June is this journal article by Kanika Batra about gay liberation literature in South Africa and its importance. works.hcommons.org/records/tvfs... Stay tuned for the announcement of our spotlight theme for July!

We continue our Pride Month #ResearchSpotlights with this journal article by S. Kopperundevi, which explores marriage equality and inclusive adoption rights in India. works.hcommons.org/records/5j0z...

It's #ResearchSpotlight day! Today's deposit is about the relationship between digital information management, cultural heritage institutions, and ethical archival practices particularly when it comes to queer, trans and intersex people of color collections. works.hcommons.org/records/sgz5...

Did you know that there’s a way to increase the ability for others to find your work? Our Product Manager, Bonnie Russell, provides suggestions on our blog: about.hcommons.org/2025/06/18/i...

Here is another #ResearchSpotlight following our Pride Month theme! This deposit is a journal article by Samuel Ross, which offers a transgender reading of the Bible's Genesis 38. Check the link to read more about it! works.hcommons.org/records/k89d...

What is lesbian scholarship without Audre Lorde? Today's #ResearchSpotlight is a journal article by Sarah E. Chinn about blindness and its connection to lesbian sexuality in Lorde's "Zami: A New Spelling of My Name." works.hcommons.org/records/7p0k...

Today's #ResearchSpotlight is a book chapter by Alexa Alice Joubin from the Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature. Check out this deposit to read about gender performativity and transness in Virginia Woolf's Orlando and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, among others. works.hcommons.org/records/11kg...

June's first #ResearchSpotlight features a book chapter by Freyja T. Catton, who shares their experience job hunting after graduating from an MLIS while being a nonbinary trans person with disabilities. works.hcommons.org/records/n2v2...

One of our graduate assistants, Ariana Costales Del Toro, wrote a blog for the Commons about her experience creating the spotlights! If you are curious about the behind-the-scenes process of making the #ResearchSpotlights, then check out the link! 🤩 about.hcommons.org/2025/06/03/b...

June is upon us, and with it, Pride Month! This month, we will highlight scholarship and works about LGBTQ+ topics deposited in the KC repository! 🌈

The final #ResearchSpotlight of the month is a journal article by Nicole L. Lozano, Elyssa Maria Fatima G. Virrey, and Teresita T. Rungduin that provides insight into "college students' attitudes and experiences concerning mental health support." 🩹 🧠 works.hcommons.org/records/n7yf...

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Last week, Knowledge Commons upgraded our WordPress instance to version 6.8.1! 🎉 This upgrade includes a number of new features on user sites, including two new themes! Read more on our blog: about.hcommons.org/2025/05/28/w...