In an increasingly interdisciplinary academic climate, students working across majors are collaborating and creating DH projects. During this talk, I’m interested in exploring the following questions:
- How are students first introduced to the concept of DH? How do we foster an organic adoption of DH for students?
- What are some representative DH student projects that you’ve seen around? Have you been a part of a DH student project? If so, share yours!
- What are some ideas for DH student-driven projects that you’d like to see in the future?
- How can we inform students across majors/concentrations that DH is even an option?
These are really great questions because they intersect with a number of related issues around faculty’s role in using and promoting DH work connected with the curriculum. Then, there is the institutional support for DH teaching and learning with programmatic services from academic technologists, libraries and museums. These are some of the challenges that staff in my unit are contending with. I am interested talking with you and in hearing about your experience and thoughts on these questions.
I’d also be interested in a discussion on this topic. One aspect I’m seeing is faculty looking for a 2-4 week DH assignment that fits into their larger syllabus and course, particularly at the undergrad level. Are there models for that? For example, what does the 4 week undergrad text analysis project look like?