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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511463903321

Autore

Battershill Claire

Titolo

Using digital humanities in the classroom : a practical introduction for teachers, lecturers, and students / / Claire Battershill, Simon Fraser University, and Shawna Ross, Texas A&M University Bloomsbury Academic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , [2017]

ISBN

1-350-02978-5

1-350-02976-9

1-350-02977-7

9781350029767

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Bloomsbury Comics Studies

Disciplina

001.3071

Soggetti

Digital humanities

Humanities - Study and teaching - Technological innovations

Humanities - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Overcoming Resistance -- 2. Finding, Evaluating and Creating Digital Resources -- 3. Ensuring Accessibility -- 4. Designing Syllabi -- 5. Designing Classroom Activities -- 6. Managing Classroom Activities -- 7. Creating Digital Assignments -- 8. Evaluating Student Work -- 9. Teaching Graduate Students -- 10. Finding Internal Support Communities -- 11. Finding External Support Communities -- 12. Connecting to Your Research -- Conclusion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Rooted in the day-to-day experience of teaching and written for those without specialist technical knowledge, this book is the first practical guide to using digital tools and resources in the humanities classroom. Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom covers such topics as: - Overcoming resistance to technology -- your own, your colleagues' and your students' ; - Finding, evaluating and using digital resources; - Designing syllabi and planning classroom activities and assignments ; -



Solving problems when technology goes wrong ; - Using digital tools for collaborative projects, course work and theses ; - Enhancing your teaching by finding support communities and connecting to your research ; - Taking a step-by-step approach to incorporating digital humanities tools into your teaching, the book is also supported by a companion website, including tutorials, sample classroom activity prompts and assignments, and a bibliographic essay for each book chapter."--Bloomsbury Publishing.