digital humanities in the classroom
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Digital Humanities in the classroom: Mapping strategies and possibilities for teaching computational methods in humanities curricula. Stef Scagliola, Fernie Maas and Els StronksTRANSCRIPT
Digital Humanities in the Classroom
Mapping strategies and possibilities for teaching computational methods in humanities curricula Stef Scagliola Fernie Maas Els Stronks
http://www.rebeccalynneharris.org/category/digital-humanities/
Overview DH teaching in the Netherlands and Flanders
Results of survey on requirements for teaching
Policy requirements for ensuring a next generation of Digital Humanists
Provide answers to these questions:
• Where can I find a course that matches my interest?
• Where can I find course guides and best practices to set up a DH course?
• What do teachers need in the class room?
• What factors impede a fruitful development of DH in Dutch and Flemish academia?
1st phase – June, Benelux 2014 The Hague, pilot registry Nl/Fl
2nd phase – September, Dariah 2014 Rome, registry of Europe
NL/FL survey
International survey + enrich and clean Dariah Course Registry
http://dhcoursereg.hki.uni-koeln.de
Overview DH teaching in the NL. and Fl.
Results of survey on requirements for teaching • We started small: DH within Dutch/Flemish
academic institutions • Distributed among all faculties that teach DH
related subjects in Nl and Fls • 17 respondents • All universities represented
Results: the landscape
• Courses, certificates and degrees • General tools or specific research? • ’New media and digital culture(s)’
Literary studies and linguistics Communication and information science
Results: the obstacles
• Course material • Confined, clear and uncluttered data
collections • Overview of tools often used in DH • Literature and examples of DH research • Customized online environments • E-labs, computer labs
Policy requirements for ensuring a next generation of Digital Humanists
Results: the infrastructure
• Properly educated teachers • Affordable software
o with some help of commercial software suppliers?
o Open Source solutions?
Results: suggestions
• Make room for a new area of expertise in existing curricula
• Support the integration of Digital Humanities practices in regular courses
• Support the integration of Information Sciences and Humanities
• Recognize the high costs of small groups of student in hands-on DH courses
Why is it necessary to join forces across universities? • To avoid overlap in courses • To combine rather than divide the scarce
expertise and interest of teachers and students
• To share best practices and course materials, to improve the quality of courses
• To underline and demonstrate that Digital Humanities benefit from group efforts
How to place Digital Humanities on the deans’ agendas?
• Emphasize the deans’ unique position: only they can achieve nation(s)wide cooperation
• Emphasize the need for Digital Humanities researchers: a population that will not grow without support
• Any suggestions……? • Join the platform for Teaching DH at: …….