John Attridge, University of New South Wales Overview In this assignment, students in a third-year undergraduate course collectively produced an online annotated text of Henry James’s The Portrait of a…
Sarah Neville, Ohio State University Educational Level Beginner to advanced Writing component Transcription, annotation Group size Small, medium, large Tools/technology Oxford English Dictionary, textbook Overview This exercise was originally designed…
Nicky Harlow, Open University This session has been developed as an introduction to writing autobiographical poetry web-conferencing software. The aims are to: - introduce students to the concept of using…
Kurt Temple and Rosemary Gaby, University of Tasmania This exercise equips students with the practical skills and knowledge required to transcribe, annotate and present an early printed text. Through completing…
Leonie Kirchhoff, Miriam Lahrsow & Angelika Zirker, Tübingen University Students frequently groan when they have to read poetry or historically remote literary texts. A complaint like “That’s so difficult. I…
Matthew Hannah, Purdue University The twenty-first century humanities classroom has been undergoing exciting changes. With the spread of digital scholarship initiatives, and the development of digital tools, instructors are finding innovative…
Dorian Hunter Davis, American University This exercise, an interactive alternative to the more traditional class blog, asks students to respond outside of class to an open-ended prompt their instructor posts…
James M Cochran, University of Baylor Following Maura Kelly’s and others’ recent calls for “slow reading” or “Slow Books,” movements that encourage people to “pick up a meaningful work of…
Alistair Brown, Durham University In the era of social media, images dominate over text. For English students in a world of Instagram and Amazon, images can reveal a great deal…
