Open Access in the Disciplines: A Conversation
October 6th, 12:00-1:30 pm (Gelman Library, Room 702): Learn how faculty from the sciences and humanities have opened their scholarship to the public, and the challenges and benefits they have encountered in the process. Panelists include Paul Brindley (microbiology), Lorena Barba (aerospace engineering), Ami Zota (occupational health), Alexa Alice Joubin (English).
We are very pleased to announce this upcoming public talk! Plagues, Witches, and War: A MOOC Postmortem Bruce Holsinger(Fiction Writer and Professor of English, University of Virginia) Sponsored by the GW Digital Humanities Institute, in coordination withthe GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute, English, and Creative Writing Date: Friday, December 5Time: 7 PM (includes talk followed by Q&A)Place: Marvin…
On October 2nd and 3rd, 2015, the University of Maryland will host an exciting dual event: the Transformative Digital Humanities Conference and THATCamp TransformDH, a collaborative, impromptu “unconference”, where all participants will join in creative play together in sessions proposed on the spot. Speakers include keynote presenter Lisa Nakamura, author of Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures…
During her talk at the World Bank, Alexa Alice Joubin raised questions about the intersectionality of technology and art. Art is front and center in digital transformations of our society today. Art fosters creativity, and creative thinking leads to social change.
Hello everyone! This message is intended for anyone who plans on attending the Programming / Coding / Database Tutorial for Digital Humanists lead by Prof. Daniel DeWispelare (English) on Saturday afternoon, April 5, from 1-4 pm in Rome 771. This event is being organized by Maia Gil’Adi for EGSA. Prof. DeWispelare makes these announcements: Please bring…
Check out this podcast on Shakespeare in American Sign Language. Intriguing relationship between medium and message here! h/t Jill Bradbury https://soundcloud.com/folgers…/shakespeare-in-sign-language
Alexa Alice Joubin views it as her responsibility to teach students how to use ChatGPT responsibly, not as a shortcut. “In our inquiry-driven culture, we need to know how to retrieve information through queries,” Joubin said. “Further, democratic society needs good question-askers as much as good problem-solvers. Asking key questions helps to advance scholarly fields, and students develop editorial, curatorial and critical questioning skills that are employable skills and the foundation of civil society in an era of ChatGPT.”
