We held a video conversation and broadcasted it live on Friday July 6th, 2012 from 12 noon to 1pm eastern time. We’re experimenting with Google+ Hangout video conferencing to communicate with colleagues from different locations about digital humanities projects. I hosted this informal conversation with:
- Michael Howser, University of Connecticut Libraries MAGIC
- Anna Kijas, University of Connecticut Libraries
- Christine Pittsley, Connecticut State Library
- Roger Travis, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Connecticut
- Jon Voss, Strategic Partnerships Director at HistoryPin
With this tool, up to 10 participants may interact live, and anyone may watch the public video feed, which was broadcasted live on this web post and also made available for later viewing. If this video conference format doesn’t scare everyone away, we might rotate hosting duties and schedule additional open discussions in the future.
To participate in a video chat:
- post a comment on this page about a digital humanities question you’d like to raise with the group and/or a tool or site that you wish to demonstrate via screensharing
- register for a free Google+ account, and click on my Google+ profile to add me to your circles, and I’ll receive a notification to add you to my circles
- on the date & time above, log into your Google+ page and look for an invitation to join our “hangout” (video conference session). PS: it’s BYOL – bring your own lunch!
OR if you prefer to listen into our conversation, look for the YouTube broadcast video feed that will appear below during our session, which also will be converted automatically into a video recording for future viewing. Learn more about how it works.
(Discussion starts around minute 2:00)
Links shown or mentioned in the video:
Linked Open Data – Libraries Archives and Museums
CT State Data Center, population projections in Google Fusion Tables
MAGIC UConn Libraries, Air Navigation Maps
http://www.playthepast.org/, and Roger’s post on Operation MENIS
The Pericles Group game-based learning
Pox and the City: Challenges in Writing a Digital History Game
Would anyone like to discuss Data Visualizations with Google Fusion Tables? I’ve been inspired by thisexample from MAGIC and have been experimenting with creating displays of maps & tables from templates, so that my Trinity students can show their data with a minimal amount of coding. See samples at http://jacktest.trinfocafe.org/dynamic-legend-version/
I would be interested in talking/learning more about how Linked Open Data (LOD) fits in to all the topics we are discussing. How can we use LOD to enhance our collections and make discovery of all this data easier?
I am also really interested in what sorts of digital projects the community has undertaken since the Forum last fall. And what is the Library, Archives and Museum (LAM) community interested in talking about at this years Forum?
Hey y’all,
I’d be happy to talk about Historypin as a potential toolset and what we’ve got coming down the pipeline. Jack, you might also want to check out http://viewshare.org/ if you’re having fun with Fusion Tables–it’s similar in many of the toolsets but with a bent toward cultural heritage. I’d also like to update you all on upcoming news about LODLAM, and other opportunities for sharing data and metadata.
Thanks, Jon
Jon — I recently participated in a workshop on Viewshare (a wonderful tool) with Trevor Owens, and asked him this very question about how it differed from Google Fusion Tables and Omeka plugins. Perhaps we can persuade him to join this conversation or a future one.
With a range of historical maps, aerial photography, and census data available from MAGIC and the Connecticut State Data Center we are interested in brainstorming new tools and interfaces to help users find information easily from a geographic perspective. We have been testing Google Fusion Tables for interface development, Tableau for data visualizations, but we are still unsure what tools are the most “digital humanities” enabled and friendly. We hope to brainstorm how we can make data more friendly for digital humanities applications.
We will also showcase a few of the projects we are developing and discuss trends in user needs for data, aerial photography, mapping, and more.
Hi! I’m Roger Travis of UConn; I work on digital games in relation to cultural heritage–the classical world in particular–both from a research and from a pedagogy perspective. My question: “How can we integrate the humanities wing of game studies in Connecticut dig hum activities, going forward, whether in the design of game-based learning environments around dig hum research or in our conceptualization of dig hum practice within the ludic performance space of digital culture, or in some other way in which you colleagues might be interested?”
Looking forward to this. I have been trying to deceminate history pin, and I am still looking for a home for the digital version of the ASC bulletin.
Looking forward to this as well! Still feeling “in a bit over my head” on all this, but venturing in on a veiwshare project of my own none the less…Hoping to hear more about what’s going on out there!
I have started experimenting with Viewshare as well Kathleen. I’d be happy to compare notes and thoughts if you’d like!
I will be teaching an Introduction to Digital Humanities class this spring (still five months away) to Freshmen and Sophomores. I am looking for a farily simple tool–Viewshare seems to be the way to go. (when I say “Digital Humanities” it is really Digital History)
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