Category Archives: Visual literacy

An interview with Katherine Fennelly – Digital Mapping of the 18th and 19th-century British Landscape

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Jamie Wood

Unfortunately, it’s taken me a while to get the second interview in this series written up. In any case, I’m very please to be able to share my discussions with Dr Katherine Fennelly, an historical archaeologist at the University of … Continue reading →

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Digital Modelling of the Ancient Roman World

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Jamie Wood

Last week we hosted Dr Matthew Nicholls of the department of Classics at the University of Reading. He came to talk as part of our HEA-funded Making Digital History project to an audience of historians of all periods about digital … Continue reading →

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Making Digital History’s weekly links (weekly)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Jamie Wood

ThingLink ThingLink is an excellent way of creating and sharing rich images (i.e. images marked up with links, videos, comments and other interactive features). ThingLink helps you to tell stories with and about pictures. These can be shared with friends … Continue reading →

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thinglink: an online tool for developing visual literacy

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Jamie Wood

I was introduced to thinglink, an online tool for marking up images at a HEA workshop, Changing the Learning Landscapes – Social Media in the Humanities, in London in mid-May [here’s my own presentation]. thinglink is a tool that allows … Continue reading →

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