{"id":34,"date":"2017-08-22T20:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T20:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2017-08-22T20:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T20:31:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>description<\/h5>\n<p>What is digital history and why does it matter?\u00a0 In this course, we will answer these questions by exploring both the \u201cdigital\u201d and \u201chistory\u201d of digital history.\u00a0 Designed for first-year students interested in history and\/or the intersection of computing and the humanities, the course will introduce students to the discipline of history while exploring digital history\u2019s fundamental theories and methods.\u00a0 Along the way, we will put these lessons to practice, honing digital, oral, and historical research skills (this course fulfills FYDT, FYOC, and CH requirements).\u00a0 Through a series of individual and group assignments, including maintaining a course blog, students will ultimately complete collaborative digital history projects based on original research.<\/p>\n<h5>learning outcomes<\/h5>\n<p>By taking this course, students will enhance their ability to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Utilize digital technology to undertake, analyze, and present historical research.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate a variety of digital tools and historical methods and projects.<\/li>\n<li>Assess the credibility of digital and non-digital primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.<\/li>\n<li>Understand fundamental debates in the field of digital history.<\/li>\n<li>Orally communicate the analyses listed above.<\/li>\n<li>Work collaboratively to think through course topics and produce assignments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>description What is digital history and why does it matter?\u00a0 In this course, we will answer these questions by exploring both the \u201cdigital\u201d and \u201chistory\u201d of digital history.\u00a0 Designed for first-year students interested in history and\/or the intersection of computing and the humanities, the course will introduce students to the discipline of history while exploring &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}