In case my first proposal is too much like what is already being offered, I’ll put forth an alternate proposal: With many screencasting programs the basics are easy to learn, but most of us did not attend film school. The hours spent creating a screencast make updating it a chore. If we could screencast more …
Category Archive: Digital Literacy
Posts about teaching and learning digital skills and issues.
Feb 12
Session Proposal-Supporting DH Pedagogy for Undergraduates
I’d like to have a conversation with like-minded folks who support classroom pedagogy about the library/ed tech role in teaching DH to undergraduates. I suspect there are more of us at smaller liberal arts colleges than at larger institutions, but I welcome and hope for surprise. Some initial question: How are DH competencies taught to …
Feb 12
Session proposal– Beyond the container: Teaching genre awareness for digital information
Digital information becomes separated from its traditional “containers.” To a novice user a journal article, for example, can resemble a book chapter or a conference report. Even experienced users can find the genre lines blurry in an electronic environment. How can we best foster genre awareness in this context? Why does genre matter? How do …
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