Megan Smeznik, College of Wooster and the NCPH Digital Media Group
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Teaching and training
ABSTRACT
The NCPH Digital Media Group is organizing the second annual Digital Public History Lab – a workshop that provides opportunities for collaborative learning and professional networking around digital resources, skills, and strategies for public historians and professionals working in adjacent fields (e.g. librarianship, educational technologists/instructional technologists, etc.). The workshop will consist of a combination of pre-planned breakout sessions and sessions on topics generated by participants on the day of the workshop. Digital Public History Lab is an informal, inclusive, participatory experience. All levels of tech-savviness (or lack thereof) are welcome.
DESCRIPTION
Participants will leave the Digital Public History Lab having had the opportunity to experiment with a variety of digital tools and with knowledge of the various challenges, theories, and best practices surrounding the use of digital technologies in public humanities work. The workshop offers a variety of breakout sessions (some pre-planned and some developed on-the-spot on the day of the workshop) that provide opportunities for participants to teach, learn, experiment, trouble-shoot, discuss, and create alongside each other. This workshop is highly collaborative and participant-driven. Pre-planned sessions might include topics such as:
— digital humanities pedagogy
— mapping and timelines
— digitization
— VR in historical interpretation
— WordPress
— Omeka and/or other CMS platforms
…the possibilities are endless! We are seeking topic suggestions for break out sessions as well as volunteers to facilitate them.
A few sessions planned at the workshop based on participant interests and expertise also will be included. Each breakout session will include time for participants to experiment with digital tools in a hands-on way, providing more opportunities for them to discover how they can apply digital technologies to their own projects.”
Seeking Feedback: We are particularly interested to know how we can continue to foster things that we learned during the virtual 2021 workshop. Things that we are considering changing/enhancing: accessibility measures, how materials are distributed to participants, the participant proposed breakout sessions, and how to engage more student/early career participants/facilitators.
If you have a direct offer of assistance, sensitive criticism, or wish to pass along someone’s contact information confidentially, please get in contact directly: Megan Smeznik, College of Wooster and the NCPH Digital Media Group, [email protected]
ALL FEEDBACK AND OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY JULY 1, 2021. If you have general ideas or feedback to share, please feel free to use the comments feature below.
I recommend connecting with folks at HistoryIT as potential participants – Kristen Gwinn-Becker [email protected].
Thank you, Morgen for the feedback. I will reach out to them.
Thank you Megan for this important workshop and topic. I enjoyed our talk recently about it, and look forward to working with you further.
Hi Michael,
It was great to connect with you. Looking forward to working with you more.
Hey! The very excellent folks at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling based at Concordia University in Montreal could potentially contribute to this session. They have an incredible new oral history lab that could be a great space to discuss oral history digital tools and technologies! https://storytelling.concordia.ca/ Let me know if you’d like an introduction.
Hi Jessica! I would love an introduction. Please email me at [email protected]. Thanks for your help.
Hi Megan,
If you are looking for someone to speak on using GIS for historical projects I would suggest you reach out to Stacey Devlin at Know History. [email protected]