Geocaching Activity for Digital Humanities
Keywords:
college courses, higher education, curriculum, local history, digital humanitiesAbstract
This assignment is designed for use in an upper-level course in Digital Humanities, although it could be adapted to work in various other courses. This course fulfills upper-level general education requirements for students across the campus, most of whom are pursuing technical fields. The goal of the assignment is to introduce students to the use of geography tools, namely the Global Positioning System (GPS), as a way of presenting historical research. By the time students reach upper-level courses, they generally have experience with scholarly writing and research methods. Creatively applying these skills to other forms of writing is a challenge central to Digital Humanities and essential for students working to translate their academic skills to work environments. The ability to translate scholarly research into interactive activities is a key learning outcome for this Digital Humanities course.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others non-commercial use of the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).