Digital Pedagogy: transforming the interface between research and learning?

Hestia2 seminar @Senate House, room 246, 6 June 2014

Funded by the AHRC, Hestia2 has been exploring some of the consequences of applying digital technologies to humanities text-based research. In a series of knowledge exchange seminars with both academics and practitioners (from cultural heritage, local government and the digital economy), we have addressed 3 key themes:

- In what ways can network theory shed new light on the spatial organisation of texts? (Archaeological Computing Research Group at the University of Southampton)

- How can complex data (e.g. of literary texts) be presented in meaningful ways that enable analysis? (Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford)

- What kinds of stories can we tell with maps? (Department of Geography, University of Birmingham) (For more information about the content of these seminars, see: http://hestia.open.ac.uk/category/seminars/)

In this final seminar, we consider the extent to which digital technologies are transforming knowledge of research beyond academia, what the particular challenges and opportunities are for digital-based teaching, and what consequences there may be for research practice.

The seminar is FREE to all, lunch and refreshments will be provided, but places are limited. If you would like to participate, please sign up to the eventbrite listing here:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-pedagogy-transforming-the-interface-between-research-and-learning-tickets-11758940307

Speakers

Gabriel Bodard (KCL) and Simon Mahoney (UCL) - The Digital Classicist community Mair Lloyd and James Robson (The Open University) - eLearning and ancient languages: pedagogy, challenges and opportunities Anne Adams and Rebecca Ferguson(The Open University) - muddling culture Tony Hirst (The Open University) - From storymaps to notebooks: do your computing a bit at a time Graeme Earl (University of Southampton) - First thoughts from the Portus MOOC Leon Wainwright (The Open University) - The Open Arts Journal: a digital, open access publication Andy Ellis (Director of the Public Catalogue Foundation) - Your Paintings and Art Detective Ylva Berglund (University of Oxford) - The Oxford WW1 Centenary projects