Category Archives: Digital Humanities

Digital Tools in Archival Research

Posted on May 27, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians have been using digital tools in archival research for some time now, but news media are finally beginning to pay attention to digital humanities. An article in the New York Times reports on historians’ use of digital cameras in … Continue reading →

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Interactive ebooks

Posted on May 26, 2013 by briansandberg

A new generation of ebooks have arrived: interactive ebooks. Readers who remember the Choose Your Own Adventure children’s books and other interactive books of the 1980s will get the idea. An interactive ebook of The Thirty-Nine Steps, a classic spy … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities and the History of the Internet

Posted on May 23, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians are working to study the development of the internet and the World Wide Web, as well as to preserve digital history. Digital humanities needs to grapple with issues of digital preservation and conservation, key aspects of any notion of … Continue reading →

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The Political and Corporate Interest in MOOCs

Posted on May 23, 2013 by briansandberg

The biggest proponents of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are not professors, but politicians and business leaders. These cheerleaders for MOOCs present university and college faculty members as conservative detractors of their forward-looking plans. The agendas of the political and … Continue reading →

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What MOOCs Can and Cannot Do

Posted on May 22, 2013 by briansandberg

The intense debate about the role of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in higher education continues. Proponents and administrators tout the potential of MOOCs to transform universities, while skeptics question the benefits of these online courses and critics highlight the … Continue reading →

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Archives and Gun Tracking

Posted on May 21, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians use archives extensively in their research and are increasingly using digitized archives and other digital humanities resources. It is surprising, then, to discover that the United States government is still using low-tech archival methods to keep track of firearms … Continue reading →

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Thinking Deeply about MOOCs

Posted on May 14, 2013 by briansandberg

Once again, technology is being hailed as the solution to all our problems. Entrepreneurs of internet companies—like the advocates of radio and television before them—are touting the transformative potential of technology to educate the masses. Many politicians and pundits are … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of The Digital

Posted on May 8, 2013 by briansandberg

The Center for 21st Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee hosted a conference last week on “The Dark Side of the Digital.” Richard Gusin, Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies, organized the conference.  According to … Continue reading →

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The Cost of MOOCs

Posted on April 29, 2013 by briansandberg

Lost in all the excitement about Massive Open Online Courses [MOOCs] is the cost of development, maintenance, and teaching the online courses. A number of universities and colleges have already partnered with edX, Coursera, and other MOOC provider companies. Many … Continue reading →

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Faculty Governance and MOOCs

Posted on April 20, 2013 by briansandberg

The faculty of Amherst College have voted to reject a proposal to join edX in providing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Professors across the United States can appreciate this rare instance of faculty empowerment that affirms the principle of faculty … Continue reading →

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