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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: …….