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In October and November 2014, H-Soz-Kult publishes a series of essays on "The Status Quo of Digital Humanities in Europe". TABLE OF CONTENTS: Editorial: The Status Quo of Digital Humanities in Europe by Torsten Kahlert and Claudia Prinz, Humboldt-University of Berlin The Status Quo of Digital Humanities in Sweden: Past, Present and Future of Digital History by Thomas Nygren, HUMlab, Umeå University, Department of Education, Uppsala University and Department of History, Stanford University; Anna Foka, HUMlab, Umeå University; Philip I. Buckland, Department of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Umeå University From "Humanities and Computing" to "Digital Humanities": Digital Humanities in Portugal with a focus on Historical Research by Daniel Alves, Instituto de História Contemporânea, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Digital Humanities in the Netherlands by Joris van Zundert, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Art; Karina van Dalen-Oskam, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences / University of Amsterdam The Status Quo of Digital Humanities in Greece by Helen Gardikas-Katsiadakis, Modern Greek History Research Centre, Academy of Athens The Past and Present of Digital Humanities: A View from Russia by Irina Garskova, Moscow Lomonosov State University Vernetzter Geist? Stand und Tendenzen der Digital Humanities in der Schweiz by Eliane Kurmann / Enrico Natale, infoclio.ch A historical perspective on the digital humanities in Spain by Paul Spence, Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London; Elena Gonzalez-Blanco, Dpto. de Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia The Slovenian Digital Humanities Landscape - A Brief Overview by Jurij Hadalin, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana Some thoughts on Digital Humanities in Norway by Von Espen S. Ore, Dept. of Linguistics and Sca

The purpose of this document is two-fold: - to offer an online history of the development of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - to use that history to describe major elements of a MOOC Each chapter of this guide looks at one of the first MOOCs and some early influences. It contains these parts: - a description of the MOOC, what it did, and what was learned - a description of the element of MOOC theory learned in the offering of the course - practical tools that can be used to develop that aspect of a MOOC - practical tips on how to be successful Contribute to this Book You are invited to contribute. If you participated in a MOOC, add a paragraph describing your experience (you can sign your name to it, so we know it's a personal story). If you know of resources or can add information about an element of MOOC theory, add to or edit the text that already exists. If you know of tools, provide a link to the tool, a short description, and your assessment of the tool. If you have a tip, add the tip. In order to participate, please email or message your contact details, and we'll you to the list of people who can edit pages. Send your request to stephen@downes.ca

Kent State University's Research Center for Educational Technology site for K12 teachers, students and visitors to map out local history sites using wireless mobile devices and barcodes.

An example of a faculty-centered open educational resource for the celebration of local cultures. "The Project on New York Writing seeks to generate significant new research and teaching about New York's relationship to American and global literatures and cultures.... The Project will offer students of New York literature and culture resources with which to interpret the palimpsest that is New York, to help them make sense of the myriad narratives that the city generates. One of the Project's chief aims is conservancy: we hope to preserve the history of New York writing for future generations. But another aim is the promotion of innovation: we hope to encourage all whom the Initiative serves to add to the living culture of city, reading and rewriting its narratives, enlarging the literary construct that is New York."

Areas of Study General Education Program Art History Biology Business Administration Chemistry Computer Science Economics English Literature History Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Political Science Psychology The Saylor Foundation (under its legal name, The Constitution Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Foundation was established in 1999 by Michael J. Saylor, Chairman, CEO, and President of the business intelligence company Microstrategy. Mr. Saylor serves as the Foundation's sole trustee. The mission of the Saylor Foundation is to make education freely available to all. Guided by the belief that technology has the potential to circumvent barriers that prevent many individuals from participating in traditional schooling models, the Foundation is committed to developing and advancing inventive and effective ways of harnessing technology in order to drive the cost of education down to zero.

a table of contents: 1. Three major OA announcements from the UK on the same day 2. Some recent history as context for these announcements 3. Basics of the new RCUK policy 4. Basics of the Finch recommendations 5. General agreement between the RCUK policy and Finch recommendations 6. Appreciation of the large-scale shift to OA in the UK 7. Some consequences for journals and authors 8. Responding to publisher fears of green OA 9. Objections and recommendations 10. Announcements from Europe the day after the UK announcements

Mark Kornbluh and Douglas Oard interview - 81 mins

Archive and collection presentations for scholars, museums and libraries from the Center for History and New Media - free, open source web-publishing platform. Can be used like a blog or to share collaborative work in digital scholarship. Used by Brown University's Center for Digital Scholarship

One of my earliest efforts at offering an open education resource - posted long before UK was offering electronic dissertations.

Drama in the Delta, Digitally Reenacting Civil Rights Performances at Arkansas' Wartime Camps for Japanese Americans 3D digital role-playing game reconstructing the 2 US concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II - players navigate two levels of racial segregation to experience rebellious performances from judo combat and blues music to kabuki plays and drag shows Project Directors: Dr. Emily Roxworthy (Theatre and Dance, University of California, San Diego) and Amit Chourasia (Head of Visualization Services Group, San Diego Supercomputer Center) Other universities involved: undergraduates from MIT and UC-SanDiego graduate students from UC-SanDiego historians from U Cincinnati, UVa, King's College (London), U Arkansas-LittleRock, UC-SanDiego

at George Mason University's Center for History and New Media - funded by Alfred P Sloan Fndtn

Using textmining and mapping to visualize primary sources on the Civil War era in Richmond, VA via graphs, maps and models.

Interesting look at using private class blogging as a means for learning about IP and copyright.

An interdisciplinary journal about regions, places, and cultures of the American South and their global connections Southern Spaces combines innovative scholarship about real and imagined spaces and places of the American South with the tools of digital media. Realizing that few scholars are experts in website design, we are eager to work with authors, photographers and videographers in the process of producing image, sound, and video files for submissions. We are committed to assisting scholars at varying levels of technological proficiency. If you are interested in submitting materials to Southern Spaces, please create a new account on the site and then follow the instructions for submitting. A submission will not be considered if it has have been previously published or is concurrently under consideration by another journal or press. Copyright for essays published in Southern Spaces is retained by the authors. All images, video, and sound files associated with published submissions are securely archived by Emory University's Woodruff Library. If you choose to submit by post, we accept flash drives, DV tapes, CDs, or DVDs containing your manuscript, images, sound files, etc.