“Build a better panel: Women in DH” is the title of one of Jacqueline Wernimont’s latest projects, a crowdsourced DB of women in DH. –Add yourself to it if you have not yet!– Projects like this remind us that often in the midst of constructing the democratic discourse of Humanities’ digital future, we forget to look at […]
Continue readingThe tools that digital humanists use have changed dramatically since people began using the term. Often, DHers find and adapt existing technologies to new purposes. However, sometimes software developers build software with the purpose of solving problems digital humanists have already identified (see chnm.gmu.edu/tools/). I’m a software developer and I like to solve digital humanities problems. I’d like to learn more […]
Continue readingThe degree to which students engage with the broader communities surrounding their academic institutions varies hugely. At campus universities, particularly those more physically separate from towns/cities, it can be common for students to remain ignorant of the current issues and past histories unique to their surroundings. Public humanities initiatives are increasingly offering an antidote to these divisions. […]
Continue readingLibraries and DH practitioners are increasingly called upon to lead workshops on DH tools for students, faculty, and other professionals. We may be invited to teach use of library databases or catalogues; use of platforms like Scalar and Neatline Omeka; or use of tools for analysis like topic modeling or sound analysis. Challenges for this kind of […]
Continue readingWhat are digital literacies in today’s world? Have we moved past information literacy alone? What other digital skills do our students need for personal, professional, and civic lives in the emerging digital ecosystem that is fundamentally shaped by networks and that is increasingly driven by data and algorithms that personalize information for users and inform human […]
Continue readingWhat is Academic Entrepreneurship? How can one become a Humanist Entrepreneur? What does that mean? AE education – How do we adapt and how do we apply to a Humanities ecosystem the training and resources about becoming an entrepreneur that are available to scientific disciplines? Why is AE so important to those disciplines? Is it equally important to the practice […]
Continue readingIn the 21st century we face complex problems that cross disciplines and require collaborative approaches. Digital tools and information networks make it feasible to design project-based learning experiences that integrate students into the research process. This session will provide examples of how such projects, when integrated into courses, help students develop skills to work collaboratively, […]
Continue readingDigital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments, edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers, is a dynamic open-access collection currently in development in github (github.com/curateteaching/digitalpedagogy) and on MLA Commons (digitalpedagogy.commons.mla.org/). Each entry in the collection focuses on a keyword in the field of digital pedagogy (ranging […]
Continue readingThere is still time to propose a session for THATCamp Digital Pedagogy ATX! Please continue to post on our website through Monday, Jan. 4. If you miss your chance to propose here, you will be able to write in a proposal on the spot during the voting session on Jan. 5. We look forward to […]
Continue readingThe digital sphere offers humanities instructors a rare and valuable opportunity to have students create knowledge that can transcend the classroom and the class assignment. Whether this knowledge takes the form of Wikipedia entries, websites, contributions to crowdsourcing platforms, or online maps and timelines, it shows undergraduates that they can be contributors to our disciplines, […]
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