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Dick Brown commented on the post, Data visualization tools, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012 right now

I’m very interested in this topic. My colleague and I are exploring humanities data visualization this summer together with some students. As technology folks, we’d like to build some reusable software tools for […]

Dick Brown wrote a new post, Collaboration on campus, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012 right now

I hope the sessions will include exploring the possibilities for collaboration within a liberal-arts campus. Jacque’s call for working with DH centers and other institutions is right on the mark, because we at […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Crowdsourcing, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012 right now

I’m quite interested in the crowdsourcing topic — in fact, I was planning to look into this in a collaboration with a Chinese historian. Hope there’s enough interest to make it a session topic!

Dick Brown wrote a new post, "Finding one's way" session notes, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Topic introduction:

Amy comes as a humanist Political Scientist. How can we talk with rank and tenure committees? Also, having picked things up on her own, how does one build those skills?

Dick: My […]

Dick Brown wrote a new post, Effectiveness of teaching and learning in DH, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Reviewing this site’s content contributed through yesterday morning, I see many postings and comments related to teaching strategies and pedagogical techniques. I would be interested in a session on how the […]

Dick Brown wrote a new post, Training vs. education in computing, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

One of the reasons I’m coming to THATCamp as a computer scientist is to plan for an introductory course in computer science (CS) we will be offering in the Fall, with applications in Digital Humanities. As a […]

Dick Brown wrote a new post, DH scholarship at a liberal arts college, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Rereading our postings and comments so far, I must admit that I expected more interest in humanities research and scholarship through digital methods than I have seen. Of course, our primary mission at a small […]

Dick Brown wrote a new post, Will this help me keep my job, or lose it?, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

I’ve just finished rereading the postings and comments through yesterday morning, and I have four session topics to propose after seeing our group-generated body of work so far. I’ll make separate postings for […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Session ideas: Finding one's way in DH, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Hmm… There are certainly many forms of media in computer games, and the desire to build games does motivate a lot of students to start studying CS. (I bet your media studies course is popular, too!)

Games […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Session ideas: Finding one's way in DH, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

I’d be interested in listening into that conversation, Amy. The situation with faculty certainly seems different. Students have the luxury of taking whole courses to explore new fields and widen their […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Session ideas: Finding one's way in DH, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

We have a particular interest in computing ethics at our college, and I hope to chat with Barbara and others who have been considering such issues. I can see at least two avenues of approach. (a) Some awareness […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Collaboration and Connection at LACs with DHCommons , on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Christopher, a community resource for digital humanists who may be quite isolated on their campuses could make a great difference. I’m eager to see the site and where it goes.

Will the community of DHCommons […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Session ideas: Finding one's way in DH, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Ryan and anyone else,

I’m very eager to have this conversation. I don’t know of any models for such a course, and I’m sure it will take multiple offerings to settle, but if interested folks can sit down in a […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Music Composition: The DH Edition! What counts as "composition" anymore?, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Blake, you have powerfully identified an issue that probably applies to all areas of digital humanities. Which novel methods (involving technology) will a discipline consider acceptable for producing legitimate […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, New DH Faculty at LAC – session/discussion idea, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

A “sound off” session could be very helpful for identifying and validating common experiences, in addition to sharing strategies for making progress.

I urge another element in this discussion, especially in the […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, ThatCamp Session Topic, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

All of these ideas sound intriguing to me.

Using Social Media in the Classroom: I’m personally overwhelmed by media, so I’ve been slow to adopt social media. (Thinking about joining Twitter for this […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Session ideas: Finding one's way in DH, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

Amy, both of the original questions you raise interest me, although my viewpoint as a computer scientist puts a particular spin on them.

(A) Where does computer science fit in the digital humanities […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, Digital Archives, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

John, I’m wondering if you envision a better way to access predefined components of your archive, or if you seek technologies that would enable a user to access that archive in creative ways? The first of these […]

Dick Brown commented on the post, THATCamp session/topic ideas: librarian-faculty collaboration, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

I have a particular interest in collaborative research with undergraduates at my SLAC. I have done some of this both within and outside of the classroom in my field (computer science), often on problems involving […]