scholarly journals Editorial for the Special Issue on “Digital Humanities”

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Cesar Gonzalez-Perez
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Computer Based

Digital humanities are often described in terms of humanistic work being carried out with the aid of digital tools, usually computer-based [...]

THATCampQueensU: Bringing Digital Humanities to Queen's

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Bielinski
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
First Century ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Queen's University ◽  
New Generation

There is a new generation of scholarship in the humanities, and it is rooted in twenty-first century technology. In response to what some have called the "crisis in humanities," scholars have begun to tackle their research questions armed with digital tools and a strong sense of collaboration in order to think across disciplines, allow for greater accessibility, and ultimately to create bigger impact. Digital Humanities, or DH, is this exciting and growing field--or maybe methodology--used by humanities scholars to share and create scholarly content.Despite the growing fervour for DH across Canada, many scholars at Queen's have yet to take advantage of the opportunities for research and teaching afforded by DH. I believe that by bringing together Digital Humanities practitioners at Queen's University, more scholars, faculty, and students would learn about and engage in dialogue about fostering and furthering DH scholarship across all disciplines. The best way to begin, I believe, is by hosting THATCamp at Queen's. The Humanities and Technology Camp is an open, inexpensive meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed on the spot.

Qualitative research in the digital humanities

KWALON ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinoud Bosch
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Concise Overview

Summary The article serves as an editorial to a special issue on qualitative research in the digital humanities. The author raises a number of questions regarding qualitative research in the digital humanities, and he provides a concise overview of the contributions to the issue and the answers these contributions (implicitly) provide to the questions raised. The article ends with an account of opportunities and challenges, and steps to be taken to enhance the potential of qualitative research in the humanities.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Using Appropriate Blended Learning Tools for Teaching and Learning Computer Programming Related Courses

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Emerson Raja Joseph ◽  
Md Jakir Hoseen ◽  
Fazly Salleh ◽  
Lim Way Soong
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Discussion Board ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Student Centred Learning

With the advent of technology there are plenty of blended learning tools available for us to use in teaching and training activity. Selecting appropriate tools for a particular category of students and the nature of the subject being taught is important to achieve better academic results. Hence, the objective of this research is to assess effectiveness of various blended learning tools and to find the appropriate tool for teaching a computer -based campus in Malaysia. This subject was delivered using four selected blended learning digital tools; ED puzzle virtual classroom videos, Home works on MMLS, MMLS online Quiz and MMLS discussion board, at the beginning of Trimester 2, 2018/2019. They were asked in the middle of the trimester to rate the usefulness of the four selected blended learning digital tools in a 5-point scale using an online survey. The analysis feedback shows that D puzzle virtual the trimester. The effectivenes when the achievements of the students in terms of their academic performance were compared with previous year. It clearly shows that the academic performance of the students of year 2019 is better than of students towards student centred learning.

scholarly journals Proposing Some New Ecliptics in New Testament Studies Enabled by Digital Humanities-Based Methods

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-135
Author(s):  
James A. Libby
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Worked Examples ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Biblical Scholarship ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Greek New Testament

“Fragmentation” is a well-worn watchword in contemporary biblical studies. But is endless fragmentation across the traditional domains of epistemology, methodology and hermeneutics the inevitable future for the postmodern exercise of biblical scholarship? In our view, multiple factors mitigate against such a future, but two command our attention here. First, digital humanities itself, through its principled use of corpora, databases and computer-based methods, seems to be remarkably capable of producing findings with high levels of face validity (interpretive agreement) across multiple hermeneutical perspectives and communities. Second, and perhaps more subversively, there is a substantial body of practitioners that, per Kearney, actively question postmodernity’s impress as the final port of call for philosophy. For these practitioners deconstruction has become both indispensable — by delegitimizing hegemonies — but, in its own way, metanarratival by stultifying all other iterative, dialectical and critical processes that have historically motivated scholarship. Sensing this impasse, Kearney (1987, pp. 43-45) proposes a reimagining that is not only critical but that also embraces ποίησις, the possibility of optimistic, creative work. Such a stance within digital humanities would affirm that poietic events emerge not only through frictions and fragmentation (e.g. Kinder and McPherson 2014, pp. xiii-xviii) but also through commonalties and convergence. Our approach here will be to demonstrate such a reimagining, rather than to argue for it, using two worked examples in the Greek New Testament (GNT). Those examples – digital humanities-enabled papyrology and digital humanities-enabled statistical linguistics – demonstrate ways in which the data of the text itself can be used to interrogate our perspectives and suggest that our perspectives must remain ever open to such inquiries. We conclude with a call for digital humanities to further leverage its notable strengths to cast new light on old problems not only in biblical studies, but across the spectrum of the humanities.

Digital Humanities: The Continuing Role of Serendipity in Historical Research

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabel Quan-Haase ◽  
Kim Martin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Digital Environment

The move towards the digital humanities will see a growing interest in digital tools, such as Ebooks. This study examines the opinions and perception of historians about how Ebooks and other digital tools affect the research process. Findings indicate that historians are concerned that the digital environment reduces the possibility of chance encounters with a text. They continue to recreate the environment that encourages serendipity to occur within their field, and would readily welcome tools that facilitate this.Le passage vers les humanités numériques ira en grandissant, grâce à la popularité des outils électroniques et des livres électroniques particulièrement. Cette étude examine les opinions et les perceptions des historiens quant aux livres électroniques et autres outils numériques dans le cadre de leur processus de recherche. Les résultats indiquent que les historiens se soucient du fait que l’environnement électronique puisse réduire les possibilités de découvertes fortuites dans les texte. Ils continuent de récréer un environnement qui suscite la sérendipité dans leur domaine et adopteraient volontiers un outil qui leur faciliterait la tâche à cet égard.

Introduction to this Special Issue on “Human-Machine Interaction and Cooperation in Safety-Critical Systems”

i-com ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilo Mentler ◽  
Christian Reuter ◽  
Stefan Geisler
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Multimedia Systems ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Safety Critical Systems ◽  
Machine Interaction

AbstractMission- and safety-critical domains are more and more characterized by interactive and multimedia systems varying from large-scale technologies (e. g. airplanes) to wearable devices (e. g. smartglasses) operated by professional staff or volunteering laypeople. While technical availability, reliability and security of computer-based systems are of utmost importance, outcomes and performances increasingly depend on sufficient human-machine interaction or even cooperation to a large extent. While this i-com Special Issue on “Human-Machine Interaction and Cooperation in Safety-Critical Systems” presents recent research results from specific application domains like aviation, automotive, crisis management and healthcare, this introductory paper outlines the diversity of users, technologies and interaction or cooperation models involved.

scholarly journals Wybrane aspekty polskiej humanistyki cyfrowej z perspektywy językoznawczej

Adeptus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Kowalski
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
Language And Communication ◽  
Communication Space ◽  
Academic Communication ◽  
The Impact

Some Notions about Polish Digital Humanities in the Linguistic PerspectiveThis article is devoted to selected aspects of digital humanities in Poland, especially academic communication and linguistic metalanguage. Considerations in this respect have so far focused primarily on topics related to the use of digital tools in humanities research rather than those concerning the ontological status of this research field. This paper presents the impact of issues associated with digital humanities on language and communication space. The study focuses on how linguistic and communicative reality changes in contact with what is classified as digital humanities. The discussion considers word-formation, lexical and semantic phenomena in linguistic terminology, using material from the iSybislaw digital bibliography and other sources. Wybrane aspekty polskiej humanistyki cyfrowej z perspektywy językoznawczejArtykuł poświęcony jest wybranym aspektom humanistyki cyfrowej w Polsce w perspektywie komunikacji naukowej i metajęzyka językoznawstwa. Ma charakter wprowadzający, dlatego też zarysowane w nim tematy, różnorodne, lecz związane wspólnym słowem kluczowym, jakim jest językoznawstwo, mają na celu wskazanie możliwości badawczych, które stoją przed badaczami lingwistami. Dotychczasowe rozważania na temat humanistyki cyfrowej w Polsce koncentrują się głównie na kwestiach związanych z wykorzystywaniem i użytecznością narzędzi cyfrowych w badaniach humanistycznych, znacznie rzadziej dotyczą statusu ontologicznego tego pola badawczego. W niniejszym artykule przybliżam kwestię oddziaływania zagadnień łączonych z humanistyką cyfrową zwłaszcza na polską przestrzeń językową. Uwzględniam zjawiska słowotwórcze, leksykalne, semantyczne na gruncie słownictwa specjalistycznego (terminologii szeroko rozumianego językoznawstwa), wykorzystując także materiał z bibliografii cyfrowej iSybislaw.

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