A blog about digital teaching and learning in History and related subjects
I just had a post published on the ALTC (Association for Learning Technology) blog in which I share a few observations on what it means when students engage in ‘discussion’ when annotating digital texts online. Here is the opening to the blog: While social annotation can be an effective means of engaging students in readingContinue reading What is discussion in social annotation?
On 20th March, I delivered my inaugural lecture at the University of Lincoln. I can’t say that I was massively looking forward to it, but in the end I really enjoyed it. The Lincoln Institute for Advanced Studies organises, records and shares the lectures on their website (see here for the full list). You canContinue reading Inaugural action: Reading Lessons – From Papyrus to ChatGPT
Just a quick note to announce the publication of a couple of things. First, the report on the workshop that Michael Wuk and I ran in May, Reading Classics Online, which was published on the Council of University Classics Departments Education blog. Second, I wrote a piece for Times Higher Education on the barriers thatContinue reading More on digital reading: barriers and approaches (in Classics)
Matt East, Leah Warriner-Wood and myself have recently had a chapter published in the edited book Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption, edited by Golam Jamil and Dawn A Morley. In it, we reflect on the approach that was adopted to teaching students to read primary sources through annotation across three iterations of a research-led undergraduateContinue reading Recent publication – Reading Online during Lockdown: Insights from History and Heritage
Graham Barrett, Jon Fitzgibbons, Michele Vescovi and myself recently had an article published in the IMPact e-journal of Higher Education Research, which is published by the University of Lincoln. In it, we reflected on our experiences of teaching students digital reading (and other!) skills during the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read the full paper here:Continue reading New publication: Reading through the pandemic