HIST*4170 Project Presentations 23 and 30 March 2015.
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HIST*4170Project Presentations23 and 30 March 2015
Presenters (March 23)Presenter:1. Aly 2. Tori3. Kevin4. Sarah M.5. Brock6. Ashlee7. Stephanie
Reviewer:1. Tori 2. Stephanie3. Sarah D. 4. Brock5. Aly6. Sofian7. Ashlee
Presenters (March 30)Presenter:1. Trevor2. Matt3. Sarah D. 4. Anthony5. Phoebe6. Andrew7. Sofian
Reviewer:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Upcoming Schedule• Apr 16 – Final Report and Final Project due• Submit via link and/or Dropbox (for final report)• Early submission encouraged
• Final report specs to come…• And make sure you have at least 12 substantive blogs (some
will be assignments, of course)
Recall: The Project Parameters• Capstone project: “intensive, active learning project, requiring
significant effort in the planning and implementation, as well as preparation of a substantial final work product”
• Final work product =1. Your project itself – website, etc.2. Project Report (due April 16th)
• The following elements should be detailed in the project report• If they are in the project itself, or on a blog post, then you can refer to
them – don’t cut and past text, but feel free to cite and quote.
Project Report
I. Project Background• Position your project in your disciplinary framework • Refer to relevant Digital Humanities ideas or theory• Review cognate projects• In what way/ways is it a digital humanities project?• Discuss your main goals (Engagement, Pedagogy , Research, or
Educational) and how you achieved them
Project Report
II. Data Acquisition• Discuss the sources and data for your project, and how your
project created new source/data, or re-purposed and/or modified existing data
• Were there any intellectual property issues?
III. Tool application• Discuss which tools you chose to use for your project, and
why. • Were alternatives explored – if so, why were they unsuitable?
IV. New Skill Development• Describe the new skills you developed.
Project ReportV. Reflection• In the final section, reflect on the project and what you have
learned from it. Consider areas such as: • How you did (or did not) push yourself into unfamiliar academic,
methodological and technological territory• Your time commitment – was it enough?• Your level of engagement• The challenges of self-directed learning• What you learned about the possibilities or limitations of digital
humanities• Availability of resources (University of Guelph, online) • The value and challenges of collaboration (if any)
Questions?