Making Digital History – an (accidental update)

Last week, after misreading an email from the excellent Terry McAndrew (@TerryTechdis) at the HEA/JISC, I accidentally produced a short interim report on the wrong project! In the spirit of not wasting what I’d written, it’s reproduced in part here: Basically, all of the formal teaching elements using Xerte are completed now. Some of theContinue reading Making Digital History – an (accidental update)

International Visiting Fellowship in Medieval History at UoL

The University of Lincoln is pleased to offer a non‐stipendiary Visiting Fellowship in Medieval History. Applications are invited from international scholars specializing in medieval history. It is anticipated that the Fellowship will be suitable for scholars who wish to have a base in Lincoln for 4‐8 weeks, at any point between June 1 and SeptemberContinue reading International Visiting Fellowship in Medieval History at UoL

Teaching about identity in the ancient world using YouTube

For more on this see the post I just made on the Changing Romans blog: GOTHS, ANCIENT AND MODERN. Jamie

2 case studies submitted to the HEA’s Flexible pedagogies project

We’ve just submitted two case studies to the HEA’s Flexible pedagogies: preparing for the future project, which aims to identify “pedagogies that are going to empower student learning, offering increased choice, and above all, facilitate high quality provision.” We submitted one case study on the Making Digital History itself and another on the use of socialContinue reading 2 case studies submitted to the HEA’s Flexible pedagogies project

History UK plenary meeting, London

A couple of weeks ago I attended the annual History UK plenary meeting at the Institute of Historical Research in London. Representatives from subscribing history departments in the UK were invited to attend. After the business meeting, there were two presentations about the relationship between the collection of data and the student experience in HistoryContinue reading History UK plenary meeting, London