UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, in partnership with the Higher Education Academy, hosted a FREE ‘unconference’* focusing on bringing together the e-learning and digital humanities communities to discuss the development of ‘Digital Pedagogies’ in University teaching last Thursday.

With nearly 20 proposed sessions, about 8 proposals had to be put on the ‘back burner’ for the time being. The voted in proposals were placed throughout the day, and delegates got to construct their own experience.

Regrettably, I couldn’t have sat in on all the sessions, but the sessions that were chosen received great feedback. Twitter proved to be an excellent communication between delegates in sessions together, as well as those in different ones and who couldn’t attend on the day.

The brief wrap-up session was the first time that delegates were together since the morning to discuss their experiences, ideas and outcomes of the day. Great feedback about the ‘unconference’ structure proved that perhaps the traditional conference structure doesn’t always provide a space for innovation and discussion. Indeed, one delegate stated that her only regret of the day was that she wasn’t able to attend all the sessions!

Below are links to material of both the sessions that took place and those that didn’t:

• Peter Bryant’s ‘E-Learning Potential‘
• James Baker’s notes from his ‘DH in the Classroom’ session
• Julie Watson’s ‘Digital Literacies Toolkit’
• Rocío Díaz Bravo’s and Matteo Fumagalli’s ‘The Potential of Second Life for Student Learning’
• Jenny Bunn’s ‘CURATE GAME’ (Information and Material for those who want to try it out)
• Pat Lockley’s ‘Visualisations 101’
• Simon Mahony, Uli and Davor’s Open Educational Resources: using, re-using, re-mixing and re-purposing content (this too)

Even more delegate blogs of the day!

• James Baker’s ‘DH in the classroom, or “We successfully made nothing!”: thoughts on Digital Pedagogies THATCamp 2013‘

Do you have a blog post, session proposals or even more information? Please comment below to share!

• Complete list of proposed sessions
• Digital Pedagogies website
• List of registered delegates

Thank you again from all of us at UCL Centre for Digital Humanities and Higher Education Academy!

Hello THATcampers,

As a sort of technical person, I thought I might run a Make, Play and Teach session on how to make visualisations which have a greater pedagogical use and benefit that a pie chart that wobbles a little and is no better than what excel could give you.

Some examples I’ve made in past that I’d be happy to share development methods and approaches for

1) ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag/interactive-maps/ – A variety of wikipedia and crowdsourced maps made using Google Earth

2) www.flickr.com/photos/76886454@N02/sets/ – Variety of visualisations made from Plays / Books

3) www.openjoyce.com/visualisations/ – Some visualisation tools, that take user input

Happy to be led as to what people would like to learn though

Feedback welcome

Pat

I would like to see a session on collaborative writing, focusing on the use of Zotero for sharing resources and references. Writing papers on books collaboratively is complicated at the best of times. How can Zotero make those citations flow a bit more smoothly? I imagine this as a fairly focused workshop on Zotero-assisted writing, for academics and researchers, but if participants would also like to discuss the basics of Zotero use, that’s fine.

I suggest this out of curiosity about other people’s work habits and tools. If anyone has a similar workshop idea or wants to discuss related software, I’d be delighted to share.

Digital Pedagogies will begin at 10.30am (registration from 10.00-10.30) in Roberts 106 (Roberts Building) on 13 June

Below are links to and from local underground stations, national rail stations and roads.

• From Gower Street: crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=428&d=129&w=False
• From Tottenham Court Road: crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=181&d=129&w=False
• From Euston Tube Station (Euston Road): crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=1309&d=129&w=False
• From Kings Cross Station (Euston Road): crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=1316&d=129&w=False
• From Euston Square Tube Station: crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=1178&d=129&w=False
• From Goodge Street Tube Station: crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=1176&d=129&w=False
• From Russell Square Tube Station: crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=1181&d=129&w=False
• From Warren Street Tube Station: crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=1174&d=129&w=False

Campus Route Finder tool: crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/startPage.aspx

Digital Pedagogies Unconference ‘Pack’: bit.ly/11yGWpy

Questions? Email Rachel @

I have compiled a google doc of all the proposals thus far (any mistakes- let me know!)

docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArajRacsqDZ6dDluNTFKVElYNDBLejVPRThxd0RCd0E&usp=sharing

Want to propose your own session?

Two ways:

1. Email Rachel at  with a title and brief description of what you had in mind.

2. Propose a session here.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

-Rachel

Have an idea for a game? Want to share a project or idea? How about lead a discussion or collaborative session? We would love to hear what you have in mind!

Propose a session here or email Rachel at

For more information on what a session is and some examples of previous ones, go here.

Looking forward to hearing your ideas!

-Rachel

*N.B. If you wish to use this site to propose a session, you must first register with this site. Alternatively, if you have already registered with Higher Education Academy, you can simply email me your proposal at

Call for Session Proposals

UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, in partnership with the Higher Education Academy, will be hosting a FREE ‘unconference’* focusing on bringing together the e-learning and digital humanities communities to discuss the development of ‘Digital Pedagogies’ in University teaching. We want to hear your ideas for sessions!

* An ‘unconference’ structure is delegate-driven with the agenda created by the attendees on the day. There is an open call for presentations on the topic of enhancing and developing digital pedagogies in your field of research.

About ‘Digital Pedagogies Unconference’
‘Digital Pedagogies’ are innovative methods of teaching – using ICT tools to facilitate and foster a high quality digital learning space. There are big questions around how teaching techniques can be modified and digital enhanced to meet the needs of 21st century virtual learning. The objective of this unconference will be firstly to bring together these e-learning and digital humanities communities with what are often similar research objectives, and secondly provide a space to speak about current digital teaching techniques, defining areas for improvement and enhancement.

What do I propose?
There are roughly four things people do in sessions: Talk, Make, Teach, and Play. Sometimes one session contains elements of all these, but it’s also a fair taxonomy for sessions. In a Talksession proposal, you offer to lead a group discussion on a topic or question of interest to you. In a Make session proposal, you offer to lead a small group in a hands-on collaborative working session with the aim of producing a draft document or piece of software. In a Teach session, you offer to teach a skill, either a “hard” skill or a “soft” skill. In a Play session, anything goes — you suggest literally playing a game, or you suggest some quality group playtime with one or more technologies, or what you will. Of course, these are just guides – we are open to new ideas, new ways of interaction and methods of making this unconference insightful and fun!

How do I propose a session?
There are two ways of proposing a session:
(1) through the THATCAMP Digital Pedagogies site at digitalpedagogies2013.thatcamp.org/registerproposal/ or
(2) by emailing Rachel at  with a brief proposal.

*Remember* that you will be expected to facilitate the sessions you propose, so that if you propose a hacking session, you should have the germ of a project to work on; if you propose a workshop, you should be prepared to teach it or find a teacher; if you propose a discussion of the Digital Public Library of America, you should be prepared to summarize what that is, begin the discussion, keep the discussion going, and end the discussion.

To register as a delegate:www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/13_June_digital_pedagogies_UCL

More information: Please visit digitalpedagogies2013.thatcamp.org/

Questions, comments or concerns? Contact Rachel at 

Please register as a delegate at the Higher Education event page: www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/13_June_digital_pedagogies_UCL

Want to propose a session for the day? Please register on this website at ‘Register to Propose a Session‘ or send an email to . We would love to hear your ideas and can help plan your session!

UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, in partnership with the Higher Education Academy, will be hosting a FREE ‘unconference’* focusing on bringing together the e-learning and digital humanities communities to discuss the development of ‘Digital Pedagogies’ in University teaching.

‘Digital Pedagogies’ are innovative methods of teaching – using ICT tools to facilitate and foster a high quality digital learning space. There are big questions around how teaching techniques can be modified and digital enhanced to meet the needs of 21st century virtual learning. The objective of this unconference will be firstly to bring together these e-learning and digital humanities communities with what are often similar research objectives, and secondly provide a space to speak about current digital teaching techniques, defining areas for improvement and enhancement.