Category Archives: Social Media

Impromptu Proposal: What do our students know about technology?

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Jennifer Coenen

During any discussion I have about social media or other technology as a pedagogical tool, I get excited and start imagining lots of possibilities. Then I try to apply them in class. One challenge I’ve faced is that students don’t … Continue reading →

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“Making Meaning through Online Media: Pedagogical Possibilities for Social Media Platforms.”

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Kadesh Lauridsen

I propose a hybrid Talk-Make session focused on the creative and effective uses of social media platforms in the classroom. The humanities share a core knowledge structure that is both narrative and dialectical; therefore students of the humanities can benefit … Continue reading →

Categories: Collaboration, Digital Literacy, Session: Make, Session: Talk, Social Media, Teaching | 5 Comments

Digital Curation: Adding Value to Digital Collections

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Suzan Alteri

Facilitated by Suzan Alteri and Dan Reboussin Digital curation is the “active management of digital resources over the life-cycle of scholarly and scientific interest.” We will discuss several activities that can be undertaken once a collection is online in order … Continue reading →

Categories: Archives, Collaboration, Digital Literacy, Libraries, Metadata, Social Media | 6 Comments

Humanities Software Development: Data Mining and Writing Studies

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Aaron Beveridge

We will provide a short introduction to the software project called MassMine–an open source software, developed by academic/humanities researchers, for use within the academy. The software has been used to data mine Twitter and this data is being analyzed as … Continue reading →

Categories: Coding, Data Mining, General, Research Methods, Session: Make, Social Media | 4 Comments