Using digital humanities in the classroom : a practical introduction for teachers, lecturers, and students / Claire Battershill and Shawna Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Battershill, Claire, author.

Ross, Shawna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Study and teaching.

Humanities.

Humanities--Study and teaching--Technological innovations.

Digital humanities.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

viii, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"The first practical guide to using digital tools and resources in the Humanities classroom."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction 1

Who is this book for? 2

What are the digital humanities? 3

Key concepts 4

How to use this book 6

The Web Companion 9

Developing your own digital pedagogy 10

Conclusion 11

1 Overcoming Resistance 13

Conquering the fear of failure 13

Your own resistance 14

Your colleagues' resistance 17

Your students' resistance 19

The best cure is prevention: Establishing good habits 21

Conclusion 23

Further reading 24

2 Finding, Evaluating, and Creating Digital Resources 25

Why use digital texts (and other assets)? 25

Finding and evaluating digital resources 28

Creating digital resources for your students 31

Creating digital resources with your students 33

A short guide to citation and copyright 34

Conclusion 39

Further reading 39

3 Ensuring Accessibility 41

Universal Design 41

Facilitating lectures 43

Promoting universal interactivity 46

Providing accessible resources 48

Privacy, safety, and account management 52

Adapting policies for individual students and student bodies 56

Conclusion 57

Further reading 58

4 Designing Syllabi 61

Course websites 61

A note on domains and web hosting 63

Online syllabi 63

Other digital resources for course websites 66

Should you teach an introduction to DH course? 67

An alternative approach: Choosing your amount of DH 69

Anatomy of a syllabus I: Course information and learning objectives 70

Anatomy of a syllabus II: Course policies 74

Conclusion 77

Further reading 77

5 Designing Classroom Activities 79

Activities as exploration 80

Activity design: Balancing integration and flexibility 81

Ten-minute exercises 83

Half-hour exercises 85

Whole-class exercises 87

Weeklong exercises 89

Writing effective, prompts 91

Conclusion 94

Further reading 94

6 Managing Classroom Activities 97

Working with existing or free resources 97

Many ways to secure equipment 100

Troubleshooting 105

In case of total failure 107

Conclusion 110

Further reading 110

7 Creating Digital Assignments 113

General principles for creating digital assignments 113

Common types of digital assignments 116

Writing effective assignment sheets 123

Conclusion 126

Further reading 127

8 Evaluating Student Work 129

The importance of explicit assessment criteria 130

Anatomy of a rubric 131

Competencies: A language for indicating success 136

Involving students in evaluation processes 138

Thinking beyond the rubric 140

Coping with failure during assessment periods 141

Conclusion 144

Further reading 144

9 Teaching Graduate Students 147

The role of technology in twenty-first-century graduate education 147

Graduate students versus undergraduate students 149

Incorporating DH into graduate course work 150

External opportunities 156

Professionalization and the job market 157

A note on alt-ac careers 162

Conclusion 163

Further reading 164

10 Finding Internal Support Communities 167

A note on the variety of support systems 167

Faculty and staff in humanities, social sciences, and STEM 168

Libraries and special collections 170

IT services 173

Financial and material resources 175

The ethics of collaboration 177

Conclusion 179

Further reading 179

11 Finding External Support Communities 181

Social media 181

Twitter for the uninitiated 182

Academic organizations 188

Events: Conferences, unconferences, workshops, and institutes 189

Academic publications 191

External grant funding 192

Conclusion 193

Further reading 193

12 Connecting to Your Research 195

Counting more than once 195

Incorporating digital methods in your research 196

Producing research on digital pedagogy 197

Broadening the scope of your research 202

Collaborating with students 204

Conclusion 207

Further reading 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350029750

1350029750

1350029742

9781350029743

OCLC:

964329605

Publisher Number:

99973686763