Day of DH 2010

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Mar 19, 2010, 06:48 AM

Day of DH 2010 was yesterday (March 18).

How Students Learn Today

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Jan 24, 2010, 06:09 PM

Thought I'd take a break from my thesis to post a video that always gets me thinking about the education side of digital humanities...

Online archives: the Deena Larsen Collection and Omeka

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Dec 02, 2009, 10:10 PM

The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) just released the web presence for its Deena Larsen Collection of early electronic literature: http://mith.umd.edu/larsen/

Defeating site loyalty to build new online communities

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Oct 25, 2009, 01:16 PM

Between returning to Facebook (after a hiatus of frustration with its poor interface) and reading Randall Stross's Planet Google, I've been thinking a lot about how the success of many web ventures depends on a snowball effect, combined with brand loyalty.

Non-traditional research tools?

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Oct 11, 2009, 02:20 AM

More and more, I've been using Amazon.com as a research tool.

Skills for the Modern Humanist? (...Digital or Not)

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Sep 26, 2009, 05:03 PM

Beyond the ability to synthesize, analyze, and communicate, are there skills you view as indispensable to all but the most stubborn Luddites?

Technology Plus Academics: Have You Customized Your Degree?

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Sep 20, 2009, 08:34 PM

For those of you who've customized a plan of learning to aid you in some happy wedding of technology and learning -- I'm interested in hearing what your experience has been.

Five Computer Skills for the Aspiring Digital Humanist

Submitted by Amanda Visconti on Sep 10, 2009, 12:41 PM

As an IMLS Digital Humanities Intern at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities this summer, I talked to a variety of digital humanists about the technical abilities they felt students intending to work in the field should know.