The Wright State University 2008 Strategic Plan proposes adopting the Carnegie Classification for community and civic engagement for institutions of higher education. University adoption of the elective Carnegie Classification (under which scholarship is an optional category) may lead to greater recognition for work in public history and for other collaborative and applied research [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Civic and Community Engagement
Posted in Education, civic engagement, higher education, history, public history, scholarship, tagged Carnegie Foundation, Community Compact on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Power of Place on the Web
Posted in Omeka, civic engagement, cultural heritage, history, memory, narrative, new media, oral history, place, popular history on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I want to share some Web sites that do a remarkable job of sharing, and often engaging visitors with, cultural heritage and a sense of place. Please take a look and comment on the features that you find most effective in communicating a sense of place.
North Country Folklore
I discussed their Register of Very [...]
Ohio Civic Tourism Initiative
Posted in Dayton, Ohio, Ohio Humanities Council, Omeka, civic engagement, cultural heritage, higher education, history, new media, place, popular history, tagged Center for History and New Media, Ohio Humanities Council, Euclid Corridor on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
. . . with hundreds of local history organizations and museums highlighting archaeology, arts, literature and material culture, more than 2300 miles of designated scenic by-ways, and dozens of agricultural and food fairs, among other attractions, a trip anywhere in Ohio can provide an exciting, rewarding experience.
OHC Pathways
The Ohio Humanities Council plans to conduct five, [...]
Omeka Sandbox
Posted in Omeka, cultural heritage, digital-storytelling, history, museums, oral history, public history, tagged Center for History and New Media, digital collections, digital exhibit, Omeka on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve written about Omeka, the Center for History and New Media’s free digital exhibit and collections application. They now offer an Omeka “sandbox” so that you can try out the application for yourself. I’m glad to see this since I kept adding administrators to my Omeka project so that others could try it out.
When [...]
Freemiums, Opencourseware, and Sustainability
Posted in Dayton, Education, National History Day, Ohio Humanities Council, higher education, history, tagged digital campus, long tail, foundations, NHD, TAH, Teaching American History, Gateway to History, opencourseware, RSS, Dyaton Public Schools on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Free for All,” the new Digital Campus podcast (episode #26) is now online. Mills Kelly discusses his End of Western Civilization As We Know It proposal to offer the general education requirements to students for free while charging for premiums like using the Writing Center or the high end digital computer lab on campus. [...]
RSS and National History Center Website
Posted in Dayton, history, tagged Academic departments, Cityfolk, National History Center, organization Website design on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following up on my last post about departmental Websites, I’ve been proposing to the organizations that I work with that we should incorporate the RSS feed for our news pages. Cityfolk, for example, has a terrific enewsletter put together by Holly Underwood along with a cast of staff and volunteers. The enewsletter provides the [...]
The Department or Program Home Page
Posted in Education, tagged higher education, Wikinomics, Wright State University on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I apologize in advance to folks who want to read about rum-running, Dayton, or Prince Edward Island (including my mom and dad); this will be boring so don’t read any further today.
How might a university department or program adapt its home page to the new internet landscape? Clearly, as more course content and [...]
The Long Tail: PBS, Higher Education, and Museums
Posted in Education, museums, new media, tagged Anthony D. Williams, Chris Anderson, Daniel Othmer, Don Tapscott, Electronic Museum, long tail, Museum2.0, museums, Museums and the Web, pbs, universities, Wikinomics on May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mills Kelly at edwired proposed that universities give away the general education requirement courses, about 40 credit hours at George Mason University where Kelly teaches. In an extended essay titled, The End of Western Civilization as we Know It, he explains:
What I’m suggesting here is that we have to throw out our assumptions about what [...]
