The Digital-Humanities Bust

After a decade of investment and hype, what has the field accomplished? Not much

 By Timothy Brennan October 15, 2017

Do see the 53 comments in the thread at the end!!!

Also from the Chronicle Review:

‘Digital’ Is Not the Opposite of ‘Humanities’ By Sarah E. Bond, Hoyt Long, and Ted Underwood November 01, 2017

There Is No Such Thing as ‘the Digital Humanities’ By Eric Weiskott November 01, 2017

 

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South African Universities in 2017 - future prospects?

Universities hope for more stable academic year

While it is unlikely that South Africa will escape student unrest at the start of the 2017 academic year, authorities are hoping such action will be moderated by the progress made in addressing some of the key challenges that sparked and sustained last year’s violent and highly disruptive protests over fee-free higher education...

 

Sharon Dell 27 January 2017 Issue No:444

From: University World News

Generation Z – Why we need to future-proof universities

Future-proof universities 

Article by Tom White

Brought up in a world of smartphones, high speed wi-fi and technology on tap, Generation Z's lives revolve around a digital world...

So, for example, how are we putting digital technology at the very heart of our education system? Let’s take a lecture theatre, for example: how is this a digitally interactive experience for students? How can students access learning materials, resources and academic papers? Is an intranet system really going to cut it?...

Technology is obviously a key area where universities can make improvements. However, considering just how familiar Generation Z is with marketing techniques, smart and truly engaging content needs to be a major priority.

From: University World News

10 June 2016 Issue No:417

the best social media accounts for academics

Irreverent, funny and informative – higher education does the internet really well. Here are our favourite blogs and Twitter accounts 

From the Higher Education Network - Helen Lock, 23 March 2016, The Guardian 

Via open licence “Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd”

Social Media & Academia

Why universities should start taking social media far more seriously  

Social media is a risky space. Many people have learned this the hard way ...

Employers must understand the risks involved as they and their stakeholders set out to engage with the wider community on social media...Universities in South Africa have neglected the development of social media policies until now. 

From: The Conversation, January 18 2016. Article by Miemie Struwig & Amanda van den Berg(CC BY-ND 4.0)

 

Why do academics choose useless titles for articles and chapters?

Four steps to getting a better title.

An informative title for an article or chapter maximizes the likelihood that your audience correctly remembers enough about your arguments to re-discover what they are looking for. Without embedded cues, your work will sit undisturbed on other scholars’ PDF libraries, or languish unread among hundreds of millions of other documents on the Web. Patrick Dunleavy presents examples of frequently used useless titles and advises on using a full narrative title, one that makes completely clear your argument, conclusions or findings. 


From LSE: The Impact Blog, Feb 5th 2014 (work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License)