During the month of May, Bill Turkel wrote a series of provocative posts about what digital history is and isn’t. Given how busy I’ve been, I’ve only just now gotten to those posts and I would argue that they should be required reading for historians–not just digital historians. In particular, the second post in the…
Tag: Academic Commons
What’s a Historian To Do?
Way back in 1905 an august committee made up of senior members of the American Historical Association studied the freshman survey course and issued a very interesting report. Among the conclusions of the report was the belief of the committee members that general survey courses were too complex for novice learners (i.e., freshman) and should…
Copyright and Fair Use Explained–At Last!
Thanks to Jeremy Boggs for alerting me to this great video explanation of copyright and fair use. At last I understand it all!
Liberating Information and Designing for Thinking
The sixth episode of our podcast Digital Campus is now up and available for downloading. In this episode, we bring in our first guest–design guru and history blogger Jeremy Boggs–to discuss the ins and outs of good design, accessibility, and easy ways for those interested in the digital side of humanities to get started. We…