Digital Humanities

"This article explores minimalist digital humanities pedagogy: strategies for teaching DH at institutions that don’t have many resources for doing so. Minimalist digital humanities pedagogy aims to maximize learning while minimizing stress, barriers of access, and time (for both instructors and students). This article considers how we can take a minimalist approach to course design, course websites, and DH project assignments."

This is a list of digital humanities projects that have been reviewed in the journal Reviews in Digital Humanities.

The TPS Collective website contains advice and resources for instructors who use (or want to use) primary sources in their instruction, which can be incorporated into DH projects.

"The Boston Digital Humanities Consortium is an informal association of educational and cultural institutions in New England committed to the collaborative development of teaching, learning, and scholarship in the digital humanities and computational social sciences."

OERs and lesson plans for incorporating artificial intelligence into teaching and learning.

An open access ebook full of fun and playful ways to introduce students to the capabilities and possibilities of generative AI.

A digital exhibit created by students in Dr. Debra Michals' U.S. Women's History class, using Google Sites.

A digital exhibit created by students in Dr. Debra Michals' LGBTQ+ History class (2020), using Google Sites.

A digital exhibit created by students in Dr. Debra Michals' LGBTQ+ History class (2023), using Google Sites.

An online archive and exhibition created by the students of the Merrimack College Department of History’s fall 2021 course, HIS 3325 (“History Outside of the Classroom”) taught by Dr. Walker Robins.

This guide is intended to be utilized by students to help them use AI to assist in research and to scaffold their writing. Instructors can use it, if they allow AI to be used in their classes, to assist students in their research and writing endeavors. Some screenshots have been redacted for copyright reasons. A paper using this guide is under review and a citation will be provided when available. The guide can assist anyone when writing, especially research papers, but it is geared toward a student population for use in or outside of the classroom.

Ask students to answer a prompt or contribute multimedia files in class. The free version of Padlet allows users to have up to three padlets active at one time.

Ask students to answer polls and easily share results for analysis. The free version of Poll Everywhere has an audience limit of 25.

Create interactive whiteboards to collaborate with students.

Create live quiz games to play in class.

Create quizzes and exit tickets for in-class assessment.