{"id":2851,"date":"2015-08-11T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T08:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2015-08-25T21:53:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T20:53:52","slug":"digital-resources-for-arts-and-humanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2015\/08\/11\/digital-resources-for-arts-and-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital resources for Arts and Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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flickr photo by Leonieke Aalders<\/a> shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license<\/p><\/div>\n

Things are changing in Arts and Humanities. Researchers are increasingly working with digital <\/a>materials<\/a> and using new tools in traditional research locations<\/a>. Reading itself has been transformed by digital devices<\/a>. So how can you make the most of digital tools and resources for teaching and learning in the Arts and Humanities?<\/p>\n

Being a digital academic<\/b><\/h3>\n

There is a wide range of ways to use, or get involved with, digital tools and resources. For example Professor Tim Hitchcock<\/a> (Digital History, HAHP) writes about using Twitter and blogs to make academic practice public<\/a> and publishes his own blog<\/a> while Dr. Lynne Murphy<\/a> (Linguistics, English) has recently received a US grant<\/a> to help write a book based on her very successful blog \u2018Separated by a Common Language\u2019<\/a>. If you aren\u2019t ready to start blogging yourself you can incorporate blogs into your PLN (Personal Learning Network) by following other academics\u2019 blogs using a service like Feedly<\/a> (see our post on Feedly<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Other digital curation platforms such as Flipboard<\/a>, Scoop.it<\/a>, Pearltrees<\/a> and Pinterest<\/a> can allow tutors and\/or students to bring together and share relevant content. For example, one teacher used Flipboard to \u2018curate collections of artifacts\u2019<\/a> for his students and as part of my role as Learning Technologist for the Arts and Humanities schools<\/a> I have created an Arts & Humanities TEL<\/a> Flipboard magazine.<\/p>\n

Twitter can be used to engage students with historical events<\/a> and allow experimentation with new ways of writing<\/a>. Response systems such as Poll Everywhere<\/a> can be used to support peer learning<\/a> in discursive disciplines.<\/p>\n

There are many options for \u2018digital humanities projects that can be inexpensively and easily applied to the undergraduate classroom<\/a>\u2019 using simple to use and free tools. As students engage with such activities they not only learn about their subject but develop digital capabilities<\/a> that will serve them well beyond university.<\/p>\n

Digital resources for your discipline<\/b><\/h3>\n

As well as the digital activities outlined above there is a wealth of resources available online to support teaching and learning in the Arts and Humanities:<\/p>\n

Open Culture<\/a> is a great curation blog whose editor \u2018scours the web for the best educational media\u2019 – this includes audio books, language lessons, movies and free courses. It is well worth subscribing to the blog or following @OpenCulture<\/a> on Twitter to receive updates such as:<\/p>\n