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Participating in the NITLE Symposium

Lisa Spiro — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:25:44 +0000

We are looking forward to the NITLE Symposium, which will take place April 16-17 in Arlington, Virginia. As befits the conference theme, “Inventing the Future: Innovative Models and Practices in Liberal Education,” the Symposium is experimenting with different approaches to foster interaction, build community, and spark creativity and discourse. Even if you’re not able to [...]

New Learning Resources at the NITLE Symposium, April 16-17

Lisa Spiro — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:55:09 +0000

What impact are tablet computers having on teaching and learning at liberal arts colleges? How are faculty and students using or producing media such as games, blogs, podcasts and digital stories? Such questions will be considered at the 2012 NITLE Symposium: Inventing the Future, which includes papers, posters and panel sessions on the pedagogical significance [...]

Collaboration at the NITLE Symposium, April 16-17

Rebecca Davis — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:58:45 +0000

Collaboration has emerged as a key strategy for small liberal arts colleges as they build the future of liberal education. Just as technology empowers students to break down barriers as they pursue answers and solutions via highly collaborative processes, it also enables institutions to advance innovation through inter-institutional collaboration. The 2012 NITLE Symposium: Inventing the [...]

Digital Humanities at the NITLE Symposium, April 16-17

Rebecca Davis — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:02:11 +0000

To adapt a turn of phrase from William Gibson, the digital humanities are here, albeit unevenly distributed. Gibson was actually speaking of the future, but for the 2012 NITLE Symposium: Inventing the Future, either wording is correct. As we explore the future of liberal arts colleges, digital humanities has emerged as a key development. [...]

Higher education and MOOCs: a discussion

Bryan Alexander — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:17:16 +0000

What do MOOCs mean for higher education? These Massively Open Online Classes and related distance learning projects (Udacity) were the subject of a NITLE impromptu videoconference discussion today. Participants included Jon Breitenbucher, Melanie Hoag, Jeremiah Parry-Hill , Tony Sindelar, Deb Sarlin, Peter Feltham, Ken Pham, Anthony Park, Sean Andrews, Gregory Esau, Alan Shteynberg, Patrick Bishop, Damien [...]

Announcing the Participants in the NITLE Innovation Studio

Lisa Spiro — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:20:49 +0000

[cross-posted to the NITLE Innovation Studio blog] As the Coordinator of the NITLE Innovation Studio, I am pleased to announce the 14 people selected to join our first cohort of Innovation Scholars: Kirk Anne, SUNY Geneseo Jon Breitenbucher, The College of Wooster Beth Du Pont, Skidmore College Kathryn Frederick, Skidmore College William (Tandy) Grubbs. Stetson University Jennifer Jarson, Muhlenberg [...]

An Invitation to THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012

guest-blogger — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:09:55 +0000

Ryan Hoover, Assistant Professor of English Writing and Rhetoric, St. Edwards University and co-planner of THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges (THATCampLAC) 2012, shares what he learned from THATCampLAC 2011, and why you should come to THATCampLAC 2012. Minus Sermonis Operis Plus -or- “Less Yack More Hack” This unofficial motto of the digital humanities has been adopted because of [...]

More Coding for Humanities Undergrads

Rebecca Davis — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:19:35 +0000

Kathryn Tomasek, Associate Professor of History, Wheaton College, member of NITLE’s Digital Humanities Council and the member of the program committee for the Digital Scholarship Seminars responds to the recent post, “Can Humanities Undergrads Learn to Code?” Since students in my own courses learn the basics of XML and TEI markup, I’m thrilled to learn [...]

Can Humanities Undergrads Learn to Code?

Rebecca Davis — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:16:28 +0000

A recent NITLE Digital Scholarship Seminar, “Teaching DH 101: Introduction to the Digital Humanities” prompts a response from two undergraduates at the University of Pittsburgh. We were surprised to hear during the December 16, 2011 NITLE web seminar on undergraduate digital humanities (DH) instruction a recurring motif along the lines that coding (markup and programming) is [...]

Digital Humanities for Undergraduates Session at #AACU12

Rebecca Davis — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:32:07 +0000

A group of digital humanists from the NITLE network will be presenting later today on Digital Humanities for Undergraduates at the Annual Conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). This post contains my remarks introducing the panel, as well as important links that panelists wanted to share. The powerpoint is available via [...]