Tag Archive for "digital humanities" - Higher Ed and Technology: Academics at Chapman

Talking about Big Data at Chapman, Oct 7th

September 26, 2016 by Jana Remy | Technology

In a few weeks I’ll be speaking at Chapman Town Hall, “Data Analytics and Big Data at Chapman: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue” Date: Oct 7, 2016 Time: 12-2pm Place: Pralle Lecture Hall, Beckman Hall 104 Description: Analytics and big data are hot topics today, impacting all aspects of life, work, and society. In higher education

Into the Archive the impact of primary sources on the classroom experience

September 25, 2016 by Jana Remy | Pedagogy

Each time I teach the Introduction to Digital Humanities (ENG 484/584) course the students tell me that their favorite experience is the day we spend in the Center for American War Letters Archive, transcribing primary source documents. The power of holding tangible historical objects overpowers any abstract discussion we have about scholarly practices or any