Digital Humanities: Getting Started

Refresh this webpage to get a new definition each time. Quotes were pulled from participants from the Day of DH between 2009-2012. As of December 2012, the database contains over 500 rows and randomly selects a quote each time the page is loaded.

Compilation of definitions of Digital Humanities by leading voices in the field.
Day of DH is also a yearly event in which DH practitioners showcase their work on social media using hashtags.

Overview of the field from an international perspective contrasting how DH is understood in different national and linguistic contexts. (In Spanish)

This reader brings together, for the first time, in one core volume the essential readings that have emerged in Digital Humanities. Great for scholars and students who want to discover the history of Digital Humanities through its core writings, and for those who wish to understand the many possibilities that exist when trying to define DH.

A blog post for Hack Library School that quickly defines what Digital Humanities is/are and the issues DH raises for libraries and librarians.

An 884-article (and counting) visual flipboard of DH projects. Take a peek to see the wide world of DH.

Based on the Introduction to Digital Humanities (DH101) course at UCLA, taught by Johanna Drucker (with David Kim, Iman Salehian, and Anthony Bushong) in 2011 and 2012, this online coursebook (and related collection of resources) is meant to provide introductory materials to digital approaches relevant to a wide range of disciplines. The lessons and tutorials assume no prior knowledge or experience and are meant to introduce fundamental skills and critical issues in digital humanities.

An edited repository of scholarly materials for Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments (under contract with the Modern Language Association).

Offers more than 80 concrete examples for how to incorporate digital scholarship in the classroom and syllabi. Users can also share their experiences with the materials, submit their own projects, and participate in HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory).

Reusing existing Open Educational Resources (OER) can save significant time and effort. This page of links will help you find openly licensed media elements to use within your courses as well as openly accessible teaching plans and materials.

Graphite from Common Sense Media rates and reviews apps and other digital tools for use in K-12 classrooms. Common Sense Media is an independent non-profit "dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology."

Collection of syllabi from real university courses focusing on different areas of digital humanities that range from the introductory to more advanced topics in DH.

This publication is the product of a collaboration that started in the fall of 2010 when a total of eighty New School faculty, librarians, students and staff came together to think about teaching and learning with digital media. These conversations inspired this collection of essays, which will be disseminated as printed book, free book for various eReaders and a media-rich website where essays will be added and removed over time.

A collection of different stories and experiences that educators have had with mobile media learning. The book discusses the great results obtained by this type of innovation in education, and the process of creating the experiences: management, technology, challenges, goals and next steps to take.

Free access to primary sources and high-quality online teaching modules with instruction on critical thinking skills from the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.

An excellent compilation of teaching resources, including syllabi, assignment, and readings. Self-described as "where media scholars share resources and ideas for the undergraduate classroom."

Examines different approaches to digital humanities education. Includes syllabi and curriculum planning documents, as well as as articles about open education, networked pedagogies, and more. Members are encouraged to help build the collection.

An online guide to all things DH, including tools, forums, conferences, and more.

Miriam Posner coordinates and teaches in the Digital Humanities program at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Digital Humanities Now showcases the scholarship and news of interest to the digital humanities community through a process of aggregation, discovery, curation, and review.

Lisa Spiro's blog on Digital Humanities. Lisa is a consultant and researcher focused on digital humanities, digital pedagogy, and scholarly communications technologies.

A selection of recommended readings, compiled in August 2012, for those getting started in DH.

A good place for students, scholars, and LIS professionals who want to explore the possibilities for digital tools, programs, and methods to empower and enhance their scholarship in the humanities.

Where Digital Humanities and Libraries meet.

Public humanities focused blog

Blog focusing on digital scholarship advances in University of College, London.

Quinn Dombrowski is the Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and in the Library, at Stanford University. The blog contains information on a wide-array of topics and processes in Digital Humanities in accessible language

Kathleen Fitzpatrick is the Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University

Gaming theory, criticism, and design.

Blog of the Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of America.

Explores how fields of literature, history and philosophy can be impacted by computers and the Internet; blog of Research Assistant Professor and THATCamp Coordinator at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University,

Strategist, thinker & consultant in how the digital domain relates to library, museum, archiving & media digital strategies.

Blog of DH PhD student Scott Weingart, which also includes an excellent curated list of DH syllabi geared towards the computational and ‘making’ aspects of DH.