Overview

The Digital Humanities Pedagogy (DHP) group is a collaborative forum primarily for early career professionals undergoing newfound teaching commitments, as well as more senior academics entering new roles. Through this group, we aim to further interest and innovation in pedagogical standards for DH, DiSc, and other related courses. We welcome academics, GLAM professionals, RSEs, and any other professionals who are engaged in the course development, design, implementation, teaching, marking, and other pedagogical areas of DH/DiSc. The group will compare teaching methodologies, assist peers, promote the uniqueness of courses, and discuss systems and practicalities such as accreditations, faculty membership, student networking and sector-wide difficulties.

Short term, the DHP CIG will operate monthly calls with invited speakers, exploring these themes, as well as organise a pedagogical literature reading group: opening collaborative insights by further relating DH topics and their teaching. We will also establish a clear webpresence (alongside the Digital Humanities Association) and create a regular newsletter covering pedagogical news related to DH/DiSC.

Longer term, we aim to organise an in-person gathering, with invited speakers and reflexive activities, to build a collaborative framework for DH curriculums: published openly as a position paper. The group will advocate for DHA membership among our own institutions, with this in-person gathering planning to be hosted by the Bodleian. We also aim to deliver a community award for best pedagogical practice, nominated by peers, and adjudicated by our committee of coordinators. After this initial funding cycle, we hope to broaden activities to students, providing a forum to share course-related experiences.

You can find our more by reading the original proposal for the group.

Coordinators

Delphine Demelas (University of Southampton), Elena Trowsdale (Open University/Oxford University), Joseph Nockels (University of Glasgow), Mel Evans (University of Leeds), and Orla Murphy (University College Cork).

Contact the group by emailing Elena at elena.trowsdale@glam.ox.ac.uk / elena.trowsdale@open.ac.uk.