Crowdsourcing – THATCamp Southeast 2013

THATCampSE13 Public Google Docs Folder

VRobin — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:02:53 +0000

Hey all –

In the spirit of collaboration and working even past THATCampse13, I have created a public folder where we can all create, share, and contribute to/with each other via google docs.

The URL is here: docs.google.com/folder/d/0BxzwUZ6mHy6lNi1ZVFdiZ2FDak0/edit?usp=sharing

Please jump in and add/create a session you’re leading, so we can all participate.

Session proposal: The open-source textbook

Kris Shaffer — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:43:22 +0000

I propose a session discussing open-source educational materials, particularly open-source textbooks.

What would an open-source textbook look like? What is the difference between open source and open access? What are the advantages of an open-source textbook? What are the potential drawbacks of using an open-source textbook? of creating an open-source textbook? What other types of educational resources could benefit from an open-source model?

Over the past year, I have been building an open-source, online, multimedia textbook on Github for the four-semester Musicianship course sequence that I teach. I would be happy to demo this site briefly during the session, showing how I manage it, and how it can be forked, modified, and redeployed.

For more information about my project, please see this blog post.

Session Proposal

rdeanruzicka — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:21:03 +0000

We all may remember this gem from the MLA Jobs List Tumblr last fall:

Many of us will be faced with this task in our job searches, and we should have an answer to give committees who know they want a digital humanist, but aren’t able to articulate what a digital humanist is or does. I propose a session where we try to tackle this question: “What is digital humanities, candidate?” This is a “talk” session. Anyone who has tried and succeeded/failed to answer this question on an interview is especially encouraged to join!