Manifold in the Classroom: Digital Publishing for Open Pedagogy

FAIN: HAA-271837-20

CUNY Research Foundation, Graduate School and University Center (New York, NY 10016-4309)
Matthew K. Gold (Project Director: January 2020 to present)
Douglas M. Armato (Co Project Director: May 2020 to August 2022)

Expanding the technical infrastructure in the Manifold digital publishing platform to enable the creation and publication of free open educational resources in the humanities.

This application requests a Level III Digital Humanities Advancement Grant to fund the addition of student-focused features to Manifold, an open-access publishing platform. Though Manifold was originally designed for use by university presses, an increasing number of users are integrating Manifold into the classroom. We will use the Advancement Grant to add teaching-specific features to Manifold that will allow it to function as an Open Educational Resource (OER) platform. With these new features, instructors can use Manifold to build free, high-quality, dynamic humanities instructional materials that engage students with multimedia-enriched texts, support social annotation, and help remove the barrier of high textbook costs. With the support of this grant, Manifold will become as powerful a tool for the classroom as it has been for scholarly publishers.

Associated Products

Manifold (Computer Program)
Title: Manifold
Author: CUNY Graduate Center, University of Minnesota Press, Cast Iron Coding
Abstract: Manifold is an open-source publishing platform created by the GC Digital Scholarship Lab at the CUNY Graduate Center, the University of Minnesota Press, and Cast Iron Coding. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities, it enables publishers to create media-rich, interactive digital publications that take advantage of the full capabilities of the web and extend the educational benefits and access of digital scholarship to more communities.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: http://manifoldapp.org
Primary URL Description: Manifold website
Secondary URL: http://cuny.manifoldapp.org
Secondary URL Description: CUNY's installation of the Manifold platform, which focuses on Open Educational Resources
Access Model: open access
Programming Language/Platform: React, Ruby on Rails, Node, Postgres, Elastic, Redis
Source Available?: Yes

Prizes

2020 Open Education Award for Excellence in the category of “Best Open Tool.”
Date: 10/12/2020
Organization: Open Education Global
Abstract: The Open Education Awards for Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education community, recognizing exemplary leaders, distinctive Open Educational Resources, and Open Projects & Initiatives.

“Hybrid Scholarly Models for Print in a Digital Age” (Book Section)
Title: “Hybrid Scholarly Models for Print in a Digital Age”
Author: Matthew K. Gold
Author: Jojo Karlin
Author: Krystyna Michael
Editor: Jesse Schwartz
Editor: Daniel Worden
Abstract: In place of a model that considers print and digital publishing as inherently separate processes, and that places digital publishing as the inevitable evolutionary endpoint of the codex form, we propose—building on work done by the Manifold team—“hybrid publishing” as a model that involves concurrent print and digital editorial and publication processes. In fact, we will show that in important respects, hybrid publishing can help us reimagine the relations between print and digital publishing by aligning pre-production processes that reduce the extent to which print and digital book objects need to be produced independently. In so doing, we draw upon recent work by Jacqueline Wernimont and Elizabeth Losh that uses the model of intra-action and distributed agency to explore how the method of production—be it print or digital—acts on, or produces, new modes of reading and new readers. We are also extending Jessica Brantley’s insights into how the design of the codex form and the design of digital reading interfaces helps determine reading practices.
Year: 2022
Access Model: subscription only -- printed book
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Book Title: Print Cultures in the Americas: Materialism in the Archives

“(Case Study) Evolving Manifold Scholarship: From Monographs to OER. (Book Section)
Title: “(Case Study) Evolving Manifold Scholarship: From Monographs to OER.
Author: Krystyna Michael
Author: Jojo Karlin
Author: Robin Miller
Editor: Abbey K Elder
Abstract: As a teaching tool, Manifold allows instructors to build custom course texts and readers with embedded multimedia resources, and facilitates robust class discussions. Through the platform’s built-in annotation features, students can engage with teachers and peers in threaded conversations in either public or private reading groups. Taken together this creates a dynamic reading interface for students that integrates a central text, supplementary resources, and collaborative annotations into one coherent experience.
Year: 2022
Publisher: Rebus Community
Book Title: OER Starter Kit for Program Managers

OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 4: The Mill on The Floss (Blog Post)
Title: OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 4: The Mill on The Floss
Author: Krystyna Michael
Abstract: As part of Open Access Week, Manifold is featuring interviews with the creators of exemplary projects that use Manifold's capabilities to the fullest. Our fourth installment in this series is an "Anthropocene Edition" of The Mill on The Floss. We interviewed its creators, Megan Butler, Francesca Colonnese, and Mara Minion, about this exciting project.
Date: 10/29/2021
Primary URL: https://manifoldscholar.github.io/manifold-docusaurus/blog/oa-week-2021-project-spotlight-4/
Website: Manifold Project Blog

OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 3: The Negro and the Nation (Blog Post)
Title: OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 3: The Negro and the Nation
Author: Krystyna Michael
Abstract: As part of Open Access Week, Manifold is featuring interviews with the creators of exemplary projects that use Manifold's capabilities to the fullest. Our third installment in this series is The Negro and The Nation. We interviewed Justin Rogers-Cooper, a Professor at CUNY LaGuardia and the Graduate Center, about this collaborative project.
Date: 10/28/2021
Primary URL: https://manifoldscholar.github.io/manifold-docusaurus/blog/oa-week-2021-project-spotlight-3/

OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 2: The Greater Chaco Landscape# (Blog Post)
Title: OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 2: The Greater Chaco Landscape#
Author: Krystyna Michael
Abstract: As part of Open Access Week, Manifold is featuring interviews with the creators of exemplary projects that use Manifold's capabilities to the fullest. Our second installment in this series is The Greater Chaco Landscape. We interviewed Darrin Pratt, director of the University Press of Colorado, about this amazing project.
Date: 10/27/2021
Primary URL: https://manifoldscholar.github.io/manifold-docusaurus/blog/oa-week-2021-project-spotlight-2/
Website: Manifold Blog

OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 1: Race &/ in America (Blog Post)
Title: OA Week 2021 Project Spotlight 1: Race &/ in America
Author: Krystyna Michael
Abstract: As part of Open Access Week, Manifold is featuring interviews with the creators of exemplary projects that use Manifold's capabilities to the fullest. Our first installment in this series is Race &/ in America. We interviewed Allison Levy from Brown University Library Center for Digital Scholarship about this impressive project.
Date: 10/26/2021
Primary URL: https://manifoldscholar.github.io/manifold-docusaurus/blog/oa-week-2021-project-spotlight-1/
Website: Manifold Project Blog

Open Publishing Ecosystems: Manifold (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Open Publishing Ecosystems: Manifold
Writer: N/A
Director: N/A
Producer: N/A
Abstract: Manifold team member Jojo Karlin participates in an interview with Amanda Schmidt and Taylor Jadin of Reclaim Hosting to discuss Manifold
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://watch.reclaimed.tech/open-publishing-ecosystems
Primary URL Description: Reclaim Hosting Flex Course on Open Publishing Ecosystems: Manifold
Access Model: open access
Format: Web

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