Comments for THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012

Comment on eTexts and eBooks by Tony

Tony — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:11:48 +0000

I’m curious why “it goes without saying” that just because people are buying iPads, that this necessarily means college students will gravitate toward etextbooks. With all the very aggressive discounting going on in colleges for etextbooks, still less than 3% of all textbook sales are digital format. College students clearly still prefer printed media for education and ebook sales are basically stagnant and show no signs of taking off.

Comment on Digital Humanities Glossary by The Words matter: Digital Humanities Vocabulary 101 | Read, Write, Now

The Words matter: Digital Humanities Vocabulary 101 | Read, Write, Now — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:43:35 +0000

[…] repeated the experiment at THATCamp LAC 2012 by proposing a session on a digital humanities glossary and setting up a google doc for the glossary. I think that session happened, though I didn’t make […]

Comment on Data visualization tools by Dick Brown

Dick Brown — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:58:56 +0000

I'm very interested in this topic. My colleague and I are exploring humanities data visualization this summer together with some students. As technology folks, we'd like to build some reusable software tools for visualizing text and other humanities-relevant data. I'd like to hear both what people have been doing, and also what people would like to be able to do.

Comment on Data visualization tools by rebeccadavis

rebeccadavis — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:35:17 +0000

I’d like this session, too. I’d like to link it to the need for students to learn about big data and think about how to teach them visualization tools, as well.

Comment on eTexts and eBooks by Emily Ball Cicchini

Emily Ball Cicchini — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:34:19 +0000

I’m thinking of things along this general lines. What if eTextbooks combine with LMS on tablets? In flipped classrooms? How do we create and deliver learning content in a digital age? So, I guess that’s a vote for this session.

Comment on How much code do I need to know? by Hecker Jennifer

Hecker Jennifer — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:23:06 +0000

I am definitely intersted in this!

Comment on Crowdsourcing by Dick Brown

Dick Brown — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:38:25 +0000

I’m quite interested in the crowdsourcing topic — in fact, I was planning to look into this in a collaboration with a Chinese historian. Hope there’s enough interest to make it a session topic!

Comment on Crowdsourcing by Lydia Fletcher

Lydia Fletcher — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:06:38 +0000

I’d be interested in this, too!

Comment on Strategies for broad-based adoption by jacque wernimont

jacque wernimont — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:00:52 +0000

This is a really hard nut to crack, especially at LACs where institutional culture and infrastructure might not change very quickly. I’d be interested in thinking about ways that showcasing DH work might lead to organic adoption. I’d also like to parse out the differences between “digital pedagogy” and “digital humanities” – they are related but not not identical and the differences might be important for this conversation.

Comment on Intermediate Digital Humanities Professional Development by jacque wernimont

jacque wernimont — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:57:21 +0000

I’m in full agreement with the notion that we need to be programming for DHers beyond the intro level. There are other kinds of workshops – like the Women Writers Project seminars www.wwp.brown.edu/outreach/seminars/ – but the idea of a roadshow in intriguing. It would certainly help out folks at LACs. Perhaps a road show that lands at regional hubs?

Comment on Open Access and Research by Ben Brumfield

Ben Brumfield — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:25:18 +0000

I'd be interested in this topic. As someone without any institutional affiliation, if scholarship isn't Open Access I'm not likely to read it. (If an article is important enough I can ask friends for bootleg copies, although this feels a lot like running moonshine.) Lately I've been wondering about how open access can change the conversation, and whether democratizing discussion is always a good idea.

Comment on annotation of texts in the digital realm by francese

francese — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:12:01 +0000

Thanks so much for those links, Rebecca, very helpful.

Comment on annotation of texts in the digital realm by Hecker Jennifer

Hecker Jennifer — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:20:45 +0000

This sound like a fun discussion topic!

Comment on Crowdsourcing by Hecker Jennifer

Hecker Jennifer — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:19:18 +0000

I’d like to try this out, too.

Comment on Crowdsourcing by Ben Brumfield

Ben Brumfield — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:25:38 +0000

I’d be happy to join in, so long as it’s not in session slots 1-3, during which I unfortunately have conflicts.

Comment on annotation of texts in the digital realm by rebeccadavis

rebeccadavis — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:45:06 +0000

I'd be interested in this session, especially thinking about it from the user's point of view and as a way to engage the general public. Two relevant pieces came out of the "Shape of Things to Come" conference on online humanities scholarship: Jerome McGann, Sustainability: The Elephant in the Room and Greg Crane, Give us editors! Re-inventing the edition and re-thinking the humanities.

Comment on DH Collaboration: LACs, R1, and Cultural Heritage Institutions by rebeccadavis

rebeccadavis — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:35:21 +0000

As you might expect, Jacque, I’m definitely for this idea!

Comment on Strategies for broad-based adoption by rebeccadavis

rebeccadavis — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:34:08 +0000

I'd like to discuss this, too. This is one of the core goals of NITLE's Digital Humanities Initiative.

Comment on Session Idea: Natives Without Literacy by rebeccadavis

rebeccadavis — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:31:52 +0000

I think you're right about this; students are comfortable with digital tools but they don't push them as far as faculty do. That's probably true for any tool; for example, faculty are more sophisticated book users, as well. Peter Bradley (who I see on the list of campers) talked a little about this at the NITLE Symposium in connection with a student iPad pilot: The Promise and Perils of an iPad Learning Community.

Comment on [Session Idea] DH Swiss Army Knife: What’s in your tool kit? by rebeccadavis

rebeccadavis — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:26:56 +0000

I love the idea of tool sharing.

Comment on Intermediate Digital Humanities Professional Development by rebeccadavis

rebeccadavis — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:17:44 +0000

The digital humanities session at the NITLE Summit also discussed this idea of a digital humanities road show specifically aimed at small liberal arts colleges. I think the thrust was more having those LACs who were more advanced share their experiences.

Comment on Intermediate Digital Humanities Professional Development by Amanda French

Amanda French — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:08:35 +0000

I’m testing comments . . . frankly I have a secret plan to formulate a digital humanities “road show”; kind of like a traveling DHSI. Glad there’s anther DHSI-like thing at MITH, of course, but seems to me like people might love for something to come to them.

Comment on Lodging by Melanie Hoag

Melanie Hoag — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:22:50 +0000

Thank you Ryan!

And received your emails about form details and more info and updates. 🙂

Comment on Lodging by Ryan Hoover

Ryan Hoover — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:09:31 +0000

St. Edward’s is in “open parking” for the summer. That means you can park in any lot on campus. Just avoid the reserved spaces and handicapped spots and you’ll be fine.

Comment on Lodging by Melanie Hoag

Melanie Hoag — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:53:52 +0000

Greetings!

Are there specific places that we can – and cannot – park on campus? And, for those staying in the dorms, do we need to park at a specific area or ???

Thanks and looking forward to this weekend!

Comment on Lodging by Ryan Hoover

Ryan Hoover — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:40:12 +0000

The hotel should begin accepting the special offer on March 22. Just mention either THATCamp or St. Edward’s to get the $109 per night rate.

Comment on Lodging by Fritz Vandover

Fritz Vandover — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:02:11 +0000

When will the special rate code for the Wyndham be posted? They were not aware of it when I called recently.