You and whose army? Game of Writing used to teach academic writing
The Game of Writing is being used for the first time in a writing course WRS 102 Writing in the Disciplines. This course is the first test of the online gamified writing environment that started as a GRAND prototype research project but not the last – we expect 200 students to enroll in the fall 2014 class. The … Read more
Understanding Video Games
The University of Alberta today launches its second MOOC, Understanding Video Games. This MOOC is a thorough overview of theory pertaining to video game media. Participants “learn how to study games and engage in informed discussions about them.” Understanding Video Games was led by Digital Humanities researcher Sean Gouglas and developed with the help of world renowned video game … Read more
DigHum @ DH2014 (Lausanne)
Several researchers involved in DigHum presented papers and posters, along with a workshop and the Zampolli Award Lecture at this year’s meeting of ADHO in Lausanne. You can find the list below and links to their descriptions. – Brown, Susan (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, Canada), Brundin, Michael (Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory, … Read more
Todd Suomela: CLIR/DLF fellow at U of Alberta
The GRAND Digital Humanities project welcomes Todd Suomela to the University of Alberta where he will be working on digital initiatives and connecting with GRAND researchers. Todd Suomela completed his PhD at the University of Tennessee in communication and information science in spring 2014. His research focused on the framing of citizen science in the … Read more