MLA Commons | Digital Pedagogy | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/ Activity feed for the group, Digital Pedagogy. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:30:17 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 98b81d8b4730677312b241b595ee0a27 Emmanuel Buzay started the topic Call for Papers: Using Videogames to Learn Languages and Explore Cultures in the forum Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/call-for-papers-using-videogames-to-learn-languages-and-explore-cultures/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:07:09 -0500 Why do videogames captivate so many learners across the world? In Who is afraid of videogames? (2008), French psychoanalyst Serge Tisseron argues that games resonate because they tap into universal human impulses: the desire to transform, to explore, and to experience the thrill of immersion. These impulses cross borders, making videogames one of…[Read more]

]]> 0 af63f8f4b62cea686a3c503973cc1f75 Brian Croxall started the topic CFP: Pedagogy Poster session for Digital Humanities 2026 conference, South Korea in the forum Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/cfp-pedagogy-poster-session-for-digital-humanities-2026-conference-south-korea/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:12:01 -0500 Overview
The DH Pedagogy and Training SIG will hold a Pedagogy Poster Slam at the 2026 DH Conference in Daejeon, South Korea. The Pedagogy Poster Slam will take place during the SIG’s reserved slot during one of the conference’s two workshop days, either Monday, 27 July 2026, or Tuesday, 28 July 2026.

Posters will either focus on a) a spe…[Read more]

]]> 0 f6ac77afccd2484fb7f86b9da96c0549 Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - Openness in Language Education in the forum Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/cfp-openness-in-language-education-4/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:40:01 -0500 📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review

I’m happy to share that The EUROCALL Review is launching a new thematic issue on:
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”.

This issue focuses on the role and impact of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in language education worldwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 eb9a989a1b79d356d3b0a92011640c78 Ryan Cordell deposited Surveying the Humanities MakerLab Movement in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1899997/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 03:01:15 -0400 SHMLM analyzes the humanities’ maker turn by surveying the research, pedagogical, and public service missions of existing humanities makerspaces; identifying commonalities among such efforts across disciplines, technologies, and organizational structures; comparing their activities and institutional identities with comparable contemporary STEM- o…[Read more]

]]> 0 d30fe9e110fa17ef22e6964cd10530b9 Brian Croxall deposited Duffy Encoding Editorial Decisions in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1897133/ Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:01:36 -0400 This document provides guidelines for encoding the first five books of poetry by Carol Ann Duffy into TEI-XML. It was collaboratively authored by my students and I during the Winter 2018 and Winter 2019 semesters at Brigham Young University.

]]> 0 1953e3165a79ce8f0d0940754f4f810b Inés Vañó García started the topic Newly extended CFP (through 07/21) – JITP Special Issue in the forum Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/newly-extended-cfp-through-07-21-jitp-special-issue-3/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:15:25 -0400 <div class="entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-constrained">
<h4><strong>The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy</strong></h4>
<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Themed Issue 24:</strong></h4>
<strong>Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation</strong>

<strong>Issue…[Read more]

]]> 0 94a81359c7c62b79f0f3a05768d17dee Brian Croxall deposited The Invisible Labor of DH Pedagogy in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847126/ Thu, 25 May 2023 02:26:00 -0400 In this essay, we examine the invisibility of pedagogical labor in digital humanities. We argue that the complexities of teaching DH require modes of instruction and effort that are unusual, uncounted, and undertheorized. Unlike publications or citation counts, it is difficult to quantify or to review. Why does DH teaching involve so much extra…[Read more]

]]> 0 9b3c910f9ca36228e13c4a6fb88ab15b Carol Chiodo deposited The Role of the ESU in Creating a Values-Driven DH Community in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847122/ Thu, 25 May 2023 02:24:57 -0400 In this essay, we illustrate how the European Summer University in Digital Humanities at the University of Leipzig (hereafter referred to as “ESU”) under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Burr has set forth a set of values that have built and continue to model a collaborative, communal, and compassionate future for higher education. We ide…[Read more]

]]> 0 bf407d84e748d1fb9583e294d2be0e1d Cathy Davidson deposited "How To Upload A File": Instructions from 1994 in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1840662/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:00:01 -0400 This is an email I sent a friend on May 24, 1994, to help them upload a file in Word Perfect. Using Pine. and Raphael and Kermit. Really.

]]> 0 4997a3aeecb23f89b9b78581fee457a7 Cathy Davidson deposited The HASTAC Vision: A 2004 "White Paper" in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1820963/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0500 This white paper was written early after HASTAC’s founding (in 2002-03) and early convening at NSF as part of the “collaboratory” initiative of “centers without walls” to support researchers across institutions and disciplines. This is an early defining document of HASTAC. The Summary begins: “HASTAC (“Haystack”) is a consortium of hum…[Read more]

]]> 0 269223a65a4fc9f7dba8411a77cfa5f3 Carol Chiodo deposited Beatrice in the Tag Cloud in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1771178/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:32:30 -0500 The article details how to lead students through Dante’s Divine Comedy using low stakes writing assignments to seed a web-based resource for writing about the Comedy.

]]> 0 c292db5cd7a667fc9dbc521b84545907 Brian Croxall deposited CFP: Debates in Digital Humanities Pedagogy in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1737111/ Tue, 04 May 2021 02:25:09 -0400 This is the Call for Papers for Debates in Digital Humanities Pedagogy, which was originally published in January 2019 at http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/cfps/cfp_2019_pedagogy.html. The site no longer exists, so we are depositing it here for archival and citational purposes.

]]> 0 47e17c258ff25f27d6f0cbc4b94e8c80 Anne Donlon replied to the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/invitation-to-join-a-new-commons-group-on-teaching-remotely-2/#post-1026679 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:58:16 -0500 Apologies for the additional message. For some reason, the link in my original message broke. I’ll fix it above and resend the correct link now: https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-remotely/.

]]> 0 835ed6634e6c85b636a28f1d24b115d3 Anne Donlon started the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/invitation-to-join-a-new-commons-group-on-teaching-remotely-2/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:52:32 -0500 Hello, all,

I’m writing to invite you to join a new group on MLA Commons: Teaching Remotely. The group was created to provide a space for MLA members to build collective resources, share their experiences with one another, and ask questions about teaching remotely.

I thought that members of this Commons group may be interested in—and would h…[Read more]

]]> 0 89ac42a064fea91e5757f5b523f40b37 Gabrielle Dean started the topic Society for Textual Scholarship 2021 conference in the discussion Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/society-for-textual-scholarship-2021-conference-3/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:20:02 -0500 Please consider submitting a proposal for the 2021 conference of the Society for Textual Scholarship, to be hosted virtually by The New School May 19-22, on the theme Reckonings, Recoveries, and Transitions. Proposals are due February 8, for presentations in a variety of formats. The Society is keen to welcome new participants and encourage…[Read more]

]]> 0 84c285e01093b47b3bb620f7ce65a8b8 Katina Rogers deposited CGS Research and Policy Forum: Putting the Humanities PhD to Work in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1703779/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 02:25:27 -0400 These slides are from a presentation to the quarterly CGS Research & Policy Forum. The forum featured Dr. Katina Rogers and her new book, Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Thriving in and Beyond the Classroom (Duke University Press, 2020). The talk centers on the notion that career development is not a standalone issue. Rather, it is embedded in…[Read more]

]]> 0 e1a944ddfcbd0bd0ba50e1293e766dd0 Katina Rogers deposited "Collaboration" (Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities) in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1703772/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 02:24:56 -0400 Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities is a peer-reviewed, curated collection of reusable and remixable resources for teaching and research. Organized by keyword, the annotated artifacts can be saved in collections for future reference or sharing. Each keyword includes a curatorial statement and artifacts that exemplify that keyword. This focus of…[Read more]

]]> 0 9f124a08d63efe443e4e2e1a607a502f Brian Croxall deposited Who Teaches When We Teach DH? Some Answers and More Quesions in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1698928/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 02:27:24 -0400 At the 2019 Digital Humanities Conference in Utrecht, the authors launched a survey designed to answer the question “Who Teaches When We Teach DH?”. In this short talk, we will present and discuss some of the findings.

]]> 0 8cc45d714ac633921fa573252f328ce2 Brian Croxall deposited Who Teaches When We Teach DH? A Survey in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1666269/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 16:26:21 -0400 As the digital humanities have rapidly gained prominence and attention over the last decade, learning has shifted from individual experiences at training environments such as THATCamps and Institutes to more formal institutional instruction. This means that the number of people teaching digital humanities (DH) has had to increase. Who are these…[Read more]

]]> 0 acfdc3a0b502c609a5406d61f9da9a62 Roger Whitson deposited DTC 356: Information Structures in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1660883/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:49:41 -0400 DTC 356 explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political roles of information and data. Beginning with library classification systems and Wikipedia, the course then turns to the role of metadata in organizing collections and our lives before ending with a consideration of text-mining and topic modeling. The conclusion considers these techniques in…[Read more]

]]> 0 d2e8a23454401724ed38fda5646b468f Roger Whitson deposited DTC 392: Video Games Theory and History in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1628280/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 03:54:22 -0500 History and theory of video games with a focus on cultural impact.

DTC 392 explores the cultural and historical impact of video games. We will learn about these issues by engaging in a semester-long project where we will prototype a video game. Video games are not just entertainment: they can be art, a form of political resistance, even a way…[Read more]

]]> 0 b7f0247290fe7436d653b3e52663a187 Paul Fyfe deposited HON 313, Reading Machines syllabus and assignments (Fall 2017) in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1622071/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:30:10 -0400 Syllabus, project assignments, and milestones for HON 313, “Reading Machines” (Fall 2017), a first-year interdisciplinary experience course at NC State University. Reading Machines invites students into a historically ranging, critically intensive, and hands-on learning environment about the technologies by which humans transmit ideas. The course…[Read more]

]]> 0 7bfdac4906a0881c3a400a6256119988 Brian Croxall deposited Introduction to Digital Humanities, Fall 2018 Syllabus in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1618073/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:26:58 -0400 This syllabus is my fifth version of a course aimed at introducing the digital humanities at an undergraduate level. In consultation with my colleagues, I decided that this year’s version should also include a unit that looked at digital objects with a humanities perspective. The course is organized around four projects, each of which is oriented…[Read more]

]]> 0 eac1c23fa89a1f0dacc8bec51ceaebfe Roger Whitson deposited DTC 356: Information Structures (Fall 2018) in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1615868/ Sun, 19 Aug 2018 03:52:11 -0400 Catalog Description
356 Information Structures 3 Course Prerequisite: DTC 101. Social and cultural role of information; research with electronic sources; production, validation, storage, retrieval, evaluation, use, impact of electronic information. (Crosslisted course offered as DTC 356, ENGLISH 356).

Course Description
DTC 356 explores the…[Read more]

]]> 0 e12f6844b1e6844ec3a9a6961619fa09 Roger Whitson deposited DTC 475: Digital Diversity (Fall 2018) in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1615865/ Sun, 19 Aug 2018 03:50:47 -0400 Catalog Description
475 [DIVR] Digital Diversity 3 Course Prerequisite: Junior standing. Cultural impact of digital media in cultural contexts; issues of race, class, gender, sexuality online. (Crosslisted course offered as AMER ST 475, DTC 475, ENGLISH 475).

Course Description
DTC 475 is a continuation of the issues explored in DTC 206,…[Read more]

]]> 0 87f2762ee3e5a4a9bc0c8228b1a9a8fc Katina Rogers deposited Going Public: How and Why to Develop a Digital Scholarly Identity in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1597957/ Sat, 20 Jan 2018 04:26:48 -0500 Establishing a meaningful digital identity is essential to managing one’s scholarly and professional reputation. This workshop addresses ways to cultivate an online identity and offers guidance on “going public” using tools and strategies for building a community around your work. Topics include social media, writing for different audiences, perso…[Read more]

]]> 0 24ac0ec3f2c17be48392ef50a3b13f93 Brian Croxall deposited Introduction to Digital Humanities, Fall 2017 syllabus in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1580938/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:11:07 -0400 This syllabus was my fourth version of a course aimed at introducing the digital humanities at an undergraduate level. The course was organized around four projects, each of which was oriented by a theoretical reading: mapping a novel; text analysis with archival sources; creating composite images from digital films; and text digitization,…[Read more]

]]> 0 eb5e154170557cf0adb67c660e789bac Roger Whitson deposited DTC 356: Information Structures (Fall 2017) in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1576731/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:26:08 -0400 Catalog Description
356 Information Structures 3 Course Prerequisite: DTC 101. Social and cultural role of information; research with electronic sources; production, validation, storage, retrieval, evaluation, use, impact of electronic information. (Crosslisted course offered as DTC 356, ENGLISH 356).

Course Description
DTC 356 explores the…[Read more]

]]> 0 5f0772d10e13441d13798547869adeb9 Roger Whitson deposited DTC 375: Languages, Text, and Technology (Revised for Fall 2017) in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1575962/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:11:20 -0400 “But these perceptions had to be fabricated first.”
–Friedrich Kittler, Grammophone, Film, Typewriter (1986)

DTC 375 is an introduction to the historical relationships between technology, communication, and forms of writing. The course gives students an appreciation of the technological history of media, including hands-on encounters wit…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1a53bc294c5aee4c3f6bdaf0a908f18 Lee B. Abraham started the topic CfP: Approaches to Teaching and Learning with Urban Spaces – NeMLA 2018 in the discussion Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/cfp-approaches-to-teaching-and-learning-with-urban-spaces-nemla-2018-2/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:47:21 -0400 Call for Papers
Approaches to Teaching and Learning with Urban Spaces

49th Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention
Global Spaces, Local Landscapes and Imagined Worlds
April 12-15, 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NeMLA Web Site: http://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention.html

The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have…[Read more]

]]> 0 f6f6e5c20244c7f70926e852d51bbc37 Roger Whitson deposited ENGL 372: Nineteenth-Century Literature of the Americas and the British Empire in the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1557546/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:20:35 -0500 372 [HUM] 19th Century Literature of the British Empire and the Americas. 3 credit hours. Literary and cultural texts in English from 1800 to 1900 focusing on global British literature and literatures of the Americas.

My investment in the course.
I am concerned about our country’s inability to work against climate change, the mass i…[Read more]

]]> 0 f260ebe86295a1658e3db7f94e4805d0 Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic Review & Comment on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Ed. in the forum Digital Pedagogy http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/review-comment-on-draft-framework-for-information-literacy-for-higher-ed-5/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:42:02 -0400 How does the concept of “information literacy” fit with “digital pedagogy?”

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise the standards in order to address the changing…[Read more]

]]> 0 ea0317a00ec99bce863f1b33fa8f5faf Jesse Stommel posted an update in the group Digital Pedagogy: Digital Pedagogy for Non-traditional Students: […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/56842/ Sat, 25 Jan 2014 05:24:41 -0500 Digital Pedagogy for Non-traditional Students: http://www.slideshare.net/jessestommel/digital-pedagogy-for-nontraditional-students-30241026

]]> 0 2fe49f086cd20f4ad004ffa6b9f288d5 Jesse Stommel posted an update in the group Digital Pedagogy: Digital Pedagogy for Non-traditional Students […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/56841/ Sat, 25 Jan 2014 05:24:24 -0500 Digital Pedagogy for Non-traditional Students http://www.slideshare.net/jessestommel/digital-pedagogy-for-nontraditional-students-30241026

]]> 0 9332c0917a4dea12312a02fc4dd064e4 Lucile Griffin Appert replied to the topic Blog or Discussion Board Questions in the forum Digital Pedagogy http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/blog-or-discussion-board-questions/#post-1630 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:21:29 -0400 Sarah,

Here’s an interesting article on making discussion forums more interesting for students and the different types of tools now available to do that: […]

]]> 0 980b98f56f9240305c9aec8605420099 Jesse Stommel posted an update in the group Digital Pedagogy: May 27 - June 1: Critical and Digital Pedagogies: a Virtual […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/34799/ Sun, 26 May 2013 04:52:17 -0400 May 27 – June 1: Critical and Digital Pedagogies: a Virtual Unconference. http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/commons.html#/categories/critical-and-digital-pedagogies

]]> 0 45c1a8ab1532386d2d2ebf125d5610c7 Elizabeth Cornell replied to the topic Blog or Discussion Board Questions in the forum Digital Pedagogy http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/blog-or-discussion-board-questions/#post-1543 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:13:54 -0400 Good luck, Sarah. Please do let us know how you end up approaching the course and how it works out.

]]> 0 74049128a1febf27ef21327ee4784f82 Elizabeth Cornell replied to the topic Blog or Discussion Board Questions in the forum Digital Pedagogy http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/blog-or-discussion-board-questions/#post-1539 Wed, 01 May 2013 13:05:56 -0400 Sarah,

I have found it to be very productive for the students in my online course to ask each other questions. They usually come up with very good ones. If the questions start out weak, it’s an opportunity for […]

]]> 0 86c1761395bd1d085ce4e8a0b2878d9b Elizabeth Cornell replied to the topic Blog or Discussion Board Questions in the forum Digital Pedagogy http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/blog-or-discussion-board-questions/#post-1538 Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:03 -0400 Sarah,

I have found it to be very productive to ask the students in my online course to ask each other questions. They usually come up with very good ones. If the questions start out weak, it’s an opportunity […]

]]> 0 825073f6b9f07648692710e6cab52e86 Jesse Stommel posted an update in the group Digital Pedagogy: A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/14877/ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:40:41 -0500 A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Online_Learning_Bill_of_Rights.html

]]> 0 0d974ec42feccb4eb30eaa7a2dcc9920 Jesse Stommel posted an update in the group Digital Pedagogy: Thought I'd share a few useful articles. Digital Pedagogy […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/12374/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:01:15 -0500 Thought I’d share a few useful articles. Digital Pedagogy Roundup, pt. 1 and 2 by Roger Whitson: http://www.rogerwhitson.net/?p=1744 and http://www.rogerwhitson.net/?p=1910. Lots of links in this one: http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Dig_Hum_Dig_Ped.html. Plus, a Storify of a conversation about Digital Humanities and Digital Pedagogy:…[Read more]

]]> 0 8661d6f45253abbff93f139f9ec5286b Katina Rogers posted an update in the group Digital Pedagogy: Thought I'd share a link to this collection, edited by […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/10756/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:46:25 -0500 Thought I’d share a link to this collection, edited by Brett D. Hirsch: “Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles, & Politics.” http://www.openbookpublishers.com/reader/161 (via @nowviskie)

]]> 1 cf7594b4f9c8da18d333659f58b2d06e Jesse Stommel created the group Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/4638/ Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:18:17 -0500 0