Comments on: “Training the Trainers” for DH http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/14/training-the-trainers-for-dh/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:14:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: arust http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/14/training-the-trainers-for-dh/#comment-79 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:38:03 +0000 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/?p=188#comment-79 I’m particularly intrigued by this phrase: “help them better inform and engage with both DH resistant and enthusiastic teaching faculty”. I’ve been pondering ways to drum up support for new DH programs, and some sort of “Digital Humanities Roadshow” that would serve to introduce librarians, archivists, teachers, and education administration to the value of DH would help.

I’m possibly thinking of something that’s almost a step before train-the-trainers, or something that’s more about giving the trainers talking points and a big-picture view. Helping them become advocates — does that fit into this session, too?

This is a good idea, thanks for posting.

]]> By: ecornell http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/14/training-the-trainers-for-dh/#comment-76 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:28:34 +0000 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/?p=188#comment-76 I too would like to see a session such as this. Would it be possible to expand it to humanities teachers? They’re an important user group of these tools and techniques, and they need to be encouraged to use and introduce them to their students. If students and teachers demand them, librarians will be encouraged to supply them. In other words, I think librarians, teachers, and researchers could work together.

Can you expand on the specific techniques you’d like to explore? Would this include techniques for using databases and data collection tools? Creating databases?

Thanks for making this proposal.

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