From proposal to prototype to published…

KairosCamp gives you the space to delve deeply into your own digital research project and helps you strategize how to take it to the next step!

Are you…

  • thinking about starting a project but aren't sure how to envision it?

  • stuck imagining how your project can and should turn out?

  • unsure where to publish your digital media project?

  • interested in experimenting in your publishing and also want the work to “count”?

  • hungry for time to work on your digital research project in a setting that is supportive and caring of your well-being?

Then KairosCamp is for YOU!

KairosCamp will help you determine how and when to

  • create usable research questions specific to digital media production,

  • refine your project scope,

  • work with digital assets,

  • choose an appropriate technological platform,

  • design for your intended audience,

  • decide where to publish,

  • understand peer review and hiring/T&P issues related to digital projects,

  • make your project accessible,

  • find collaborative partners, and

  • create a plan for continuing your work after KairosCamp ends.

Which KairosCamp is right for you?

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    Digital Authoring Checklist

    If you’re not sure where to start, this free one-page checklist provides excellent prompts to get you started, or unstuck, when you want to produce a digital publishing project!

    Free

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    KairosCamp Webinar

    This 60-minute on-demand webinar is an excellent next step for those who want to delve deeper into their digital publishing projects but aren’t ready for a live Q&A yet. In this pre-recorded webinar, Cheryl walks you through the free checklist and includes real-life examples and additional explanations for each point.

    $49 — Coming Summer 2023!

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    KairosCamp Lite

    This 3-hour virtual, group training session is scheduled live on Zoom where Cheryl walks you through her digital publishing framework and discusses real-life examples, pitfalls, and tips. Time for interactive discussion about participants’ publishing projects is included.

    $197 — Returning Summer 2023!

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    KairosCamp Institute

    This virtual 30-hour, week-long, cohort-based institute provides you with dedicated time to focus on your digital publishing project, regardless of its stage, and receive individual and small-group support throughout the process.

    $2,200 — July 24–28, 2023! Registration is now closed.

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“Over the summer I participated in Cheryl’s KairosCamp, and the advice I got from her about managing workloads and approaching my work as a teacher, researcher, and admin has changed my work life. Things are still hard, but her suggestions for structuring projects and work = [praying hands emoji]”

Heather Lang, 2022 KairosCamp Institute attendee

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“Hands down the best workshop experience I’ve encountered. I had an idea, but was stuck and didn’t know how to develop my project. KairosCamp allowed me to explore various technical, theoretical, and practical aspects in moving my project along. Feedback from instructors and fellow participants played a crucial role in the final project development.”

— Tracey Hayes, 2018 KairosCamp attendee

Why “KairosCamp”?—Its Meaning and History

People always ask, “What does ‘kairos’ mean?” It’s Greek for “the opportune moment” and is sometimes defined as “timely communication”—when a speaker or writer recognizes the exact moment and method to deliver information for an audience in a way that will impact them the most.

For the journal Kairos, which began publishing in 1996 and is the longest continuously running scholarly multimedia journal in the world (see more on its history here), the name signaled the potential that the then-new World Wide Web could have for scholarly research outputs. I have been an editor at Kairos since 2001, and my work with the journal has shaped much of my knowledge about digital publishing over the last two decades.

KairosCamp began to take shape in the early 2000s, when I was helping to run CIWIC and DMAC, two long-running digital pedagogy institutes. I wanted KairosCamp to be a space for authors to build scholarly media projects for peer-reviewed publications, a space where Kairos staffers could help authors through what it means to publish a born-digital piece of scholarship, regardless of where they publish it. (No, you do NOT have to publish your work in Kairos just because you attend a KairosCamp. They are independent entities that share a name, mission, and ethos.)

The first iterations of KairosCamp came about in 2017, after we received a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to provide free tuition and transportation to participants from a range of academic ranks and institutions who would work with us f2f for two full weeks. (We also offered a 2-day version for editors and publishers at several publishing-related conferences.) While the lack of grant funding slowed our ability to offer more free workshops, I wanted to offer KairosCamp—with Kairos’s publisher’s support—to as many people as possible going forward. So, with their blessing, KairosCamp lives again!

Kairos and I will work together to seek more grant and scholarship opportunities going forward, particularly to provide support for BIPOC and other multi-marginalized scholars who want to work on digital projects. If you would like to donate money for BIPOC and other scholarships, please contact me.