PUBLICATIONS ( Click on the Titles and Texts will open in a new browser window.)

BOOKS:

Metaphysical Problems in the Homological Sciences

ONLINE TEXTBOOKS:   Complete Textbooks available at no cost

Introduction to Philosophy	Philosophy of Religion	Ethics	Medical Ethics	Computers, Information Technology, the Internet,  Ethics, Society and Human Values	Perspectives  on Death and Dying

These textbooks have been reviewed and are listed at a number of sites including:

• Best of the Web at INTUTE  you can find these listed here.

• MERLOT under Philosophy and under Open Textbooks

• Textbook Revolution  lists them here

• College Open Textbook Community lists them here

• Skilled Up Listing for Learning Philosophy Online lists them here

• Free Online Textbook List in Philosophy and Religion lists two here

• Introduction to Philosophy Listed in Good Reads

• Introduction to Philosophy listed at the American Public University System

• Introduction to Philosophy  listed by Constitutional Rights Foundation under Philosophy

• Introduction to Philosophy adopted by the American Military University  |  American Public University

• Introduction to Philosophy adopted by the University of the People  to be used worldwide

• Introduction to Philosophy listed at the SUNY OER Courses

BOOKS: with co-authors

The Profession of Education: Responsibilities, Ethics and Pedagogic Experimentation 

Tales of the Divine Comedy

ARTICLES:

• Science Fiction and Philosophy,(1983) as chapter one in The Intersection of Science Fiction and Philosophy: Critical Studies, edited by Robert Myers, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.

• A Process View Of Philosophy and Teaching Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, 1/1985, 16(1) 80-91, DOL10.1111/j1467-9973. 1985.tb.00155.x

• Philosophy as  Service Discipline: A Caution, Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 03/1987,60(4):277 DOL10/2307/3131743

• Critical Thinking in the Guise of Philosophy in The Community College Humanities Review, Vol. 9, 1988,88-96.

• Pedagogy and Technology(2004)

• Pedagogy and Habits of Mind (2004)

• The Ethics of Changing Habits of Mind (2010)

• CUNY Academic Calendar and Religious Observances(2003)

• Academic Freedom and Selection of Instructional Modalities: Conversion of Courses to Online Format (2006)

• CUNY and the Need for Faculty Committees on Academic Freedom (2006)

• Graduation or Completion Rate as a Success Rate for the Community Colleges of CUNY(2006)

• Academic Ethics: Privacy in the Classroom (2006)

• Academic Ethics: Integrity in Textbook Selection (2006)

• The Meaning of Life, May , 2006

• Scholarly Publishing & Open Access within CUNY: One Faculty Looks at Changing the Paradigm,  Urban Library Journal 14.1 Spring 2007   http://lacuny.cuny.edu/ulj/1401/

• Forms of Engaging Learners in Online Classes Published in the Community College Humanist, Fall 2006,  Vol. 27, N0.4 , pp.7

• Community Colleges: No Single Measure for Success, Community College Humanist, Fall 2008,  Vol. 29, N0.4 .

• "Online Textbooks" Published in the Community College Humanist,, Fall 2008,  Vol. 29, N0.4 , pp.7-9

• "CUNY Fails with its Measure for success", CLARION, October, 2009, p. 11.

• "No Right to Believe", 2008

• CUNY Pathways Project’s Implications for Class and Race : the soft bigotry of lowered expectations, 2011

• Report on the CUNY Task Force on System Wide Assessment: The CLA is Coming, 2011

• Response to the Communications of Chancellor Matthew Goldstein on General Education Reforms to the American Association of University Professors  of June 21, 2013.

• Civility, Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom, October, 2014

ARTICLES: with co-authors

• A Proposal for a Course on Computer Ethics, Walter Maner and Pecorino, Philip Metaphilosophy, October 1985)

• Distance Learning and CUNY (Clarion, 2002)

• Ethical Issues in Pedagogical Research (2004) Kincaid, Shannon and Pecorino, Philip, in Community College Humanities Review, Vol. 26, No.1, Fall 2006.

• CUNY, Academic Freedom and Privacy (2004)

• Why Should I  Care About SOTL ? (2006)  Kincaid, Shannon and Pecorino, Philip, in International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 1, No.1, Jan. 2007.http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=ij-sotl

•  Research and Experimentation in Teaching Effectiveness:The Ethical Review Process and the IRB (2008) Pecorino, Philip, Kincaid, Shannon and Gironda,Belle in International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 2, No.1, Jan. 2008. http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol2/iss1/22/

FICTION: with co-author

Tales of the Divine Comedy

POETRY:

Baseball Ontology

FICTION:

the Rules

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PROJECTS:

• Co Author: The Profession of Education:

• Editor: Pedagogy: Blended Instruction Primer

• Organizer: UFS  Open Access and CUNY

• Organizer UFS Academic Integrity:  A Model Program

• Organizer:  UFS Access to CUNY :   For those with Special Needs and Disability Issues

• Participant: Critical Thinking: a Statement of Expert Consensus for Purposes of Educational Assessment and Instruction with all Tables, Findings and Recommendations by Peter A. Facione

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PRESENTATIONS:

• Using Technology to Develop Learning Communities within any Class; Institute for Community College Development at Cornell , Eleventh Annual Successful Teaching Conference: October, 2003.

• Plagiarism Resources ; CUNY-UFS presentation (Spring, 2003)

• CUNY and Academic Integrity; CUNY-UFS presentation (Spring, 2003)

• Scholarly Publishing & Open Access within CUNY: LACUNY CONFERENCE (Spring, 2005)

• Academic Freedom and CUNY: Role of the Faculty presentation at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, January 2006.

• Academic Integrity: What is it and How to Prevent Violations (2006)

• Online Textbooks Merlot Conference August, 2008

• Online Textbooks CUNY IT Conference, December, 2008

• Faculty Development Faculty Interacting with and Responding to Students in an Online Class --as Powerpoint and on YouTube

• Faculty Development Student-Student Interaction in an Online Class--as Powerpoint

• Faculty Development Online Course Instructional Design-as video -as YouTube Video-as powerpoint

• Presentation of APA Delphi Report on Critical Thinking, QCC, CETL, March 20,2009

• "Why be Moral? is not the question." Center for Inquiry, Long Island, May 18,2012

• "Academic Freedom and CUNY: Insult to Injury via Pathways", AAUP Conference, June 2013

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BLOG POSTS

(1) CUNY  University Faculty Senate

Acts of Religious Discrimination by CUNY Posted September 10, 2018 https://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunyufs/2018/09/10/acts-of-religious-discrimination-by-cuny

HATE SPEECH: A Defense   Posted April 10,2018  http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunyufs/2018/04/10/hate-speech-a-defense/

A Paid Service Hour for Contingent Faculty: Helpful? Or Normalizing the Undesirable Status Quo? posted February 14. 2018 http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunyufs/2018/02/14/a-paid-service-hour-for-contingent-faculty-helpful-or-normalizing-the-undesirable-status-quo/

State Inspector General Probing CUNY use of Problematic Journals and Conferences, posted January 2, 2018  http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunyufs/2018/01/02/state-inspector-general-probing-cuny-use-of-problematic-journals-and-conferences/

Predatory Journals and Conferences: Beware and Be Safe posted November 22,2017 http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunyufs/2017/11/22/predatory-journals/

Collegiality as a Dangerous Criterion for Assessment of Faculty posted October 31, 2017 http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunyufs/2017/10/31/collegiality-as-a-dangerous-criterion-for-assessment-of-faculty/

Reconfiguring Community College Semesters: Pros and Cons with Kay Conway, posted March 2, 2017 https://sites.google.com/a/cunyufs.org/cuny-ufs/UFS-blog/reconfiguringcommunitycollegesemestersprosandcons

Graduation Rates Rising, Preparedness Falling: No Cause for CUNY to Celebrate   posted February 14, 2017  https://sites.google.com/a/cunyufs.org/cuny-ufs/UFS-blog/graduationratesrisingpreparednessfallingnocauseforcunytocelebrate

The Shadow Workload  posted January 2, 2017 https://sites.google.com/a/cunyufs.org/cuny-ufs/UFS-blog/theshadowworkload

Virtual Desktop Available CUNY wide posted September 17,2016                     https://sites.google.com/a/cunyufs.org/cuny-ufs/UFS-blog/cunyedtechnewsvirtualdesktopavailablecunywide

Textbooks, Conflicts of Interest, and the Law   posted August 23,2016 https://sites.google.com/a/cunyufs.org/cuny-ufs/UFS-blog/textbooksconflictsofinterestsandthelaw

Faculty Assigning Their Own Textbooks: New CUNY Policy Resolves Conflicts   Posted with Jay Weiser  August 14,2016 https://sites.google.com/a/cunyufs.org/cuny-ufs/UFS-blog/facultyassigningtheirowntextbooksthenewcunypolicyresolvesconflicts

University URLs: Who Needs Algebra? posted April 8, 2016 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/universityurlswhoneedsalgebra

Who Needs Algebra? posted Feb 29, 2016                                     https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/whoneedsalgebra

Taking Laps or Treading Water? The Best TAP for Students, continued. February 19, 2016 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/takinglapsortreadingwaterthebesttapforstudentscontinued

Associate to Full: Professors Need Time, Not Workshops February 1, 2016 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/whatdoassociateprofessorsneed

Free Tuition--At What Price? January 25,2016  with Kay Conway

https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/freetuition--atwhatprice

How Private is Your Email?    August 31, 2015                   https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/howprivateisyouremail

SUNY Nassau Community College Foundation Ruled Not Exempt from FOIL April 14, 2015 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/sunynassaucommunitycollegefoundationrulednotexemptfromfoil

Reducing NYS Dept. of Ed Degree Oversight: Down the Slippery Slope  March 26, 2015 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/reducingnysdeptofeddegreeoversightdowntheslipperyslope

What’s College for? CUNY Funding, Faculty Salaries and The Day the Purpose of College Changed Posted Feb. 5, 2015 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/whatscollegeforcunyfundingfacultysalariesandthedaythepurposeofcollegechanged

Flawed Case History: Alexandra’s Logue’s “CUNY’s Pathway to Shared Governance.” Posted January 31,2015  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/aflawedcasehistoryalexandrasloguescunyspathwaytosharedgovernance

How “Civil” is Academic Freedom? Posted Oct 20, 2014  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/howcivilisacademicfreedom

The 21st Century University: What’s the best investment? posted Jul 1, 2014 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/the21stcenturyuniversitywhatsthebestinvestment

Community College, Inc.?posted Apr 9, 2014 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/communitycollegeinc

MSCHE's Draft Revision of its "Standards of Excellence:” Where are the Faculty? posted Mar 21, 2014

https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/mschesdraftrevisionofitsstandardsofexcellence”wherearethefaculty

 Refining “Garcetti:” New Hope for Academic Freedom? posted Mar 11, 2014  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/refining“garcetti”newhopeforacademicfreedom

REVERSING THE “PATHWAYS” “PATH?”posted Feb 15, 2014  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/reversingthe“pathways”“path”

Religious Holidays and the Academic Calendar: Further Comments posted Jan 7, 2014  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/website-style-construction-notes/UFS-blog/religiousholidaysandtheacademiccalendarfuthercomments

Spaced-Out Assessment posted Dec 15, 2013 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/spaced-outassessment-1.

HOLY WAR coming over HOLY DAYS ?   posted Oct 21, 2013  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/website-style-construction-notes/UFS-blog/holywarcomingoverholydays

Assessing Assessment: The Prospect at CUNY  posted Feb 27,2013 https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/assessingassessmenttheprospectatcuny

Corporatized University of New York? posted Feb 27,2013  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/corporatizeduniversityofnewyork

New Studies show Online Learning Has Flaws posted Feb 27,2013  https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/newstudiesshowonlinelearninghasflaws 

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(2) CUNY  University Faculty Senate Blog:  Ed Tech News For Faculty

2019:12-10-19 CAT Meeting of November 22, 2019

2019:5-17-19 CAT Meeting of May 17,2019

2019:4-12-19 CAT Meeting of April 12, 2019

2019:3-15-19 CAT Meeting of March 15, 2019

2019-2-22-19 CAT Meeting of February 22, 2019

2019:1-25-19 CAT Meeting of January 25, 2019

2018:11-16-18 CAT meeting of November 16, 2018

2018:10-19-18 CAT meeting of October 19, 2018

2018:9-28-18 CAT Meeting of September 21 , 2018

2018:8-31-18 CAT meeting of August 24, 2018

2018: 8-21-18 New Cloud Services Offered at CUNY

2016:8  5-17-16 Technology Today

2016:7   4-26-16 CUNY CAT Meeting

2016:6 4-3-16  CUNY Virtual Desktop

https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/cunyedtechnewscunyvirtualdesktop

2016:5 3-18-16  CUNY.is/LIVE                                       https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/edtechnewsforcunyfacultyno5cunyislive

2016:4   2-28-16 A Calendar of Events of Interest in CUNY and nearby https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/edtechnewsforcunyfaculty2016no4acalendarofeventsofinterestincunyandnearby

2016:3  2-21-16 The CUNY Academic Commons

https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/edtechnewsforcunyfaculty20163thecunyacademiccommons

2016:2  2-15-16 Calendar of Events

https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/edtechnewsforcunyfaculty2016no2

2016:1 2-6-16 What's available for Faculty?

https://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/UFS-blog/edtechnewsforcunyfaculty2016no1

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VIDEOS:

Uses and Impact on Teaching of Educational Technologies in the Classroom

Class related video segments at this listing on youtube.com

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