When it comes to reading…

This week’s Active Online Reading post from one of our student researchers is from Annabelle Mansell a 3rd year Classical Studies student at the University of Lincoln. In the post, Annabelle outlines her strategies (and technologies) for productive reading. When it comes to reading novels, my approach has always been to settle down in aContinue reading When it comes to reading…

Reflecting on Reading at University: a student perspective

Samantha Sharman is one of the student researchers on our project. She is in the second year of a Classical Studies degree at the University of Lincoln. She’s written this blog post reflecting on her experiences of reading at university. Each of the members of the team (https://makingdigitalhistory.co.uk/read/active-online-reading/project-team/) will be doing the same, so thanksContinue reading Reflecting on Reading at University: a student perspective

Reflections on a survey of History students’ experiences of lockdown learning

Last month, alongside our survey of staff experiences of teaching during lockdown, we surveyed UG and PGT students in the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln. I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago in History UK’s #PandemicPedagogy Twitter chat.   Yes! @ULHistory did a survey of student views on post-lockdownContinue reading Reflections on a survey of History students’ experiences of lockdown learning

Results of survey of online teaching in History during lockdown

In a Twitter post last week, I mentioned a survey that we conducted in the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln of staff experiences of teaching in the lockdown context (i.e. a short turnaround move to 100% online delivery). We also did a survey of staff (39 responses, which is AContinue reading Results of survey of online teaching in History during lockdown

Another publication about Making Digital History project

  Another publication about Making Digital History, specifically about the use of Xerte to develop students’ capabilities in creativity, is now available. It was produced in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Salford and can be accessed here: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/35385/ Reference: Kutar, MS, Griffiths, M and Wood, J 2015, Ecstasi project : Using technology toContinue reading Another publication about Making Digital History project