Digital Humanities Pedagogy

DML Central

This collaborative blog and curated collection of free and open resources is produced by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, whose mission is to advance research in the service of a more equitable, participatory, and effective ecosystem of learning keyed to the digital and networked era.

Located at the systemwide University of California Humanities Research Institute and hosted at UC Irvine, all of the Research Hub’s activities – which include original research, blogs, websites, publications, and an annual conference – are supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative

Digital Humanities Questions & Answers: DH In the Classroom

This section of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) Questions & Answers online community-based forum focuses on Digital Humanities in the classroom, with practical advice and collaboration between practitioners in the field.

Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles and Politics

From Open Book Publishers, this title is forthcoming in 2012. From the Publisher’s description:

“The essays in this collection offer a timely intervention in digital humanities scholarship, bringing together established and emerging scholars from a variety of humanities disciplines across the world. The first section offers views on the practical realities of teaching digital humanities at undergraduate and graduate levels, presenting case studies and snapshots of the authors’ experiences alongside models for future courses and reflections on pedagogical successes and failures. The next section proposes strategies for teaching foundational digital humanities methods across a variety of scholarly disciplines, and the book concludes with wider debates about the place of digital humanities in the academy, from the field’s cultural assumptions and social obligations to its political visions.”

National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE)

The National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) helps liberal arts colleges and universities integrate inquiry, pedagogy, and technology. We work with our member institutions to enrich undergraduate education and strengthen the liberal arts tradition. Established in 2001, NITLE is the key organization for liberal arts colleges and universities seeking to engage students in the unique learning experience that liberal education provides and to use technology strategically to advance the liberal arts mission.

Site includes case studies detailing DH projects, community projects, published papers.

Digital Humanities: a basic course designed to teach critical thinking skills through understanding media

Material developed by Laura Mandell, Associate Professor, Deptartment of English, Miami University. The site provides course modules for use in college classes that present Humanities methods for thinking critically about how meaning is generated in new, multi-, digital media.

In Time & Place

In Time & Place is a growing library of teaching materials for classroom, distance, or home use focusing on selected topics in American history. Included are not only many traditional reading, map, and photo related resources, but also GIS (Geographic Information System) data and activities as well. These are not pre-packaged lessons; rather collections of resources that teachers can adapt to their own style and specific classroom needs.

Romantic Circles Pedagogies

Resources for teachers and professors of Romantic Studies to help them design and use online materials for teaching. Included are texts that may be downloaded, printed, and reworked for use in coursework.

Guidelines for Evaluating Work in Digital Humanities and Digital Media

These guidelines from the Modern Language Association are designed to help departments and faculty members implement effective evaluation procedures for hiring, reappointment, tenure, and promotion. They apply to scholars working with digital media as their subject matter and to those who use digital methods or whose work takes digital form.

Promotion & Tenure Criteria for Assessing Digital Research in the Humanities

From the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.