Claire Battershill, Shawna Ross

Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom (eBook, PDF)

A Practical Introduction for Teachers, Lecturers, and Students

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Rooted in the day-to-day experience of teaching and written for those without specialist technical knowledge, this is a new edition of the go-to guide to using digital tools and resources in the humanities classroom. In response to the rapidly changing nature of the field, this new edition has been updated throughout and now features:

- A brand-new Preface accounting for new developments in the broader field of DH pedagogy
- New chapters on 'Collaborating' and on 'Teaching in a Digital Classroom'
- New sections on collaborating with other teachers; teaching students with learning differences; explaining the benefits of digital pedagogy to your students; and advising graduate students about the technologies they need to master
- New 'advanced activities' and 'advanced assignment' sections (including bots, vlogging, crowd-sourcing, digital storytelling, web scraping, critical making, automatic text generation, and digital media art)
- Expanded chapter bibliographies and over two dozen tables offering practical advice on choosing software programs

Accompanied by a streamlined companion website, which has been entirely redesigned to answer commonly asked questions quickly and clearly, this is essential reading for anyone looking to incorporate digital tools and resources into their daily teaching.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350180925
• Artikelnr.: 63409321

Autorenporträt

Claire Battershill is an Assistant Professor cross-appointed in the iSchool and the Department of English at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Circus (2014); Modernist Lives (2018); and the co-author of Scholarly Adventures in Digital Humanities (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom, 2nd edition Proposed Table of
Contents Preface i. Justification for second edition ii. New developments
in the digital humanities Iii. Critical digital humanities Introduction i.
Who is this book for? ii. What are the digital humanities? iii. Key
concepts iv. How to use this book and Web Companion v. The Web Companion
vi. Conclusion 1. Finding, Evaluating and Creating Digital Resources i. Why
use digital texts (and other assets)? ii. Finding and evaluating digital
resources iii. Creating digital resources for your students iv. Creating
digital resources with your students v. A short guide to citation and
copyright vi. Conclusion vii. Further reading 2. Ensuring Accessibility i.
Universal design ii. Facilitating lectures iii. Promoting universal
interactivity iv. Providing accessible resources v. Privacy, safety, and
account management vi. Learning differences vii. Adapting policies for
individual students and student bodies viii. Conclusion ix. Further reading
3. Designing Syllabi i. Course websites ii. A note on domains and web
hosting iii. Online syllabi iv. Other digital resources for course websites
v. Should you teach an introduction to DH course? vi. An alternative
approach: Choosing your amount of DH vii. Anatomy of a syllabus I: Course
information and learning objectives viii. Anatomy of a syllabus II: Course
policies ix. Conclusion x. Further reading 4. Designing Classroom
Activities i. Activities as exploration ii. Activity design: Balancing
integration and flexibility iii. Ten-minute exercises iv. Half-hour
exercises v. Whole-class exercises vi. Weeklong exercises vii. Writing
effective prompts viii. Advanced activities ix. Conclusion x. Further
reading 5. Managing Classroom Activities i. Working with existing or free
resources ii. Many ways to secure equipment iii. Troubleshooting iv. In
case of total failure v. Conclusion vi. Further reading 6. Creating Digital
Assignments i. General principles for creating digital assignments ii.
Common types of digital assignments iii. Writing effective assignment
sheets iv. Advanced assignments v. Conclusion vi. Further reading 7.
Evaluating Student Work i. The importance of explicit assessment criteria
ii. Anatomy of a rubric iii. Competencies: A language for indicating
success iv. Involving students in evaluation processes v. Thinking beyond
the rubric vi. Coping with failure during assessment periods vii.
Conclusion viii. Further reading 8. Teaching Graduate Students i. The role
of technology in twenty-first-century graduate education ii. Graduate
students versus undergraduate students iii. Incorporating DH into graduate
course work iv. External opportunities v. Professionalization and the job
market vi. A note on alt-ac careers vii. Conclusion viii. Further reading
10. Building Internal and External Support Communities i. A note on the
variety of support systems ii. Internal Support iii. Social media iv. Grant
funding v. Conclusion vi. Further reading 11. DH Beyond the Classroom i.
Theories of collaboration ii. Impact, outreach, and the public humanities
iii. Libraries iv. Museums and galleries v. Local governments vi.
Non-profits and other NGOs vii. Participatory events viii. Conclusion viii.
Further reading 12. Connecting to Your Research i. Counting more than once
ii. Incorporating digital methods in your research iii. Producing research
on digital pedagogy iv. Broadening the scope of your research v.
Collaborating with students vi. Conclusion vii. Further reading Concluding
Thoughts: Crafting Your DH Pedagogical Philosophy Index