For Workshop 4: Integrating Digital Humanities Projects into the Undergraduate Curriculum, after we go through one example of integrating a project into a course, we will work in groups to practice this technique. In order for this exercise to work, we need your help. Please add your courses and projects to the wiki. Your group will vote on which project they want to workshop–each group will use a checklist to brainstorm around creating assignments, assembling resources, and integrating digital humanities research into undergraduate courses. If you don’t have a course or project, don’t worry–someone else will. You’ll need to request access to the wiki if you haven’t already. Just follow the wiki link above and click the button for requesting access.

I’m already teaching a workshop on this topic, but I’d love to see a session on the place of undergrads in the digital humanities.  Our workshop, Integrating Digital Humanities Projects into the Undergraduate Curriculum, covers one aspect of that integration, integrating an existing DH project into a class.  But, there are many more issues to discuss.

• How do you train students in digital humanities?
• Which methodologies do you teach and how?
• How can we create a pipeline to graduate school or should we?
• Which texts should you use?

I’m sure we can come up with more questions and some answers, too.

We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks. For those attending Workshop 4: Integrating Digital Humanities Projects into the Undergraduate Curriculum, here is the agenda:

9:00 am Welcome & Introductions

9:20 am Pedagogy Review and Introduction to Undergraduate Digital Humanities Projects

9:35 am  Case Study: Wheaton College Digital History Project (Kathryn Tomasek)

9:50 am  Exercise 1: Learning Goals (individual)

10:00 am  Break

10:15 am  Exercise 2: Matching Project to Curriculum (group)

10:40 am  Debrief

10:50 am  Exercise 3: Scaffolding & Pacing (group)

11:15 am  Debrief

11:25 am  Dork Shorts (each group shares its course in 2 minutes or less)

11:40 am  Project management (full group workshops one course)

12:00 pm Bye!

If you’re planning to take part in Workshop 4: Integrating Digital Projects into Undergraduate Courses, please join our wiki:  integratingdh.pbworks.com/w/page/40112677/FrontPage

If you’re planning to take part in Workshop 4: Integrating Digital Projects into Undergraduate Courses, take a look at this ProfHacker post by Amy Cavender:

Integrating a Digital Project Into a Class: Deciding on a Project

There are some good comments, as well.  Amy was a participant in the first iteration of this workshop at THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges in June.

Also, don’t forget to join our wiki:  integratingdh.pbworks.com/w/page/40112677/FrontPage.  You can access readings for the workshop and share assignment ideas in advance in the wiki.

To get access just follow the link above and click on the link to request access.  Once we we grant access you should get another message.  If you don’t hear from us, try contacting me directly at rdavis@nitle.org or via twitter @frostdavis.

If you’re planning to take part in Workshop 4: Integrating Digital Projects into Undergraduate Courses, please join our wiki:  integratingdh.pbworks.com/w/page/40112677/FrontPage

To get access just follow the link above and click on the link to request access.  Once we we grant access you should get another message.  If you don’t hear from us, try contacting me directly at rdavis@nitle.org or via twitter @frostdavis.

You can also access readings for the workshop and share assignment ideas in advance in the wiki.

We suggest you take a look at these readings in advance:

• Blackwell, C., & Martin, T. R. (2009). Technology, Collaboration, and Undergraduate Research. Digital Humanities Quarterly, 3(1). Retrieved from www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/3/1/000024/000024.html
• Cavanagh, S. (2010). Bringing Our Brains to the Humanities: Increasing the Value of Our Classes while Supporting Our Futures. Pedagogy, 10(1), 131-142.  Retrieved from muse.jhu.edu/journals/pedagogy/v010/10.1.cavanagh.html
• You can also the Cavanagh reading in our wiki.  Just click the link and request access.