About
this Session
Historians
have long been able to show how the printing press affected earlier societies.
We have not, however, given much thought to how electronic media, especially
computer-based media, have affected our own world, our students and our
subject. Many writers believe that the electronic media will transform
our own world in equally sweeping ways—and as teachers we are in the midst
of these changes. Historians need to be aware of how electronic media affect
historical understanding and how we can take advantage of these media to
provide students with a better grounding in history.
This two part session addressed these needs. David Trask, former editor of the “Teaching” column of the AHA newsletter and an instructor at Guilford Technical Community College, presented ideas and led a discussion of ways in which electronic media are changing student understandings of history. Deborah Pedersen demonstrated the uses of Learn North Carolina's internet resources, fielded questions, and shared useful websites with the group. Then participants had the opportunity to try out four different approaches to history which use internet materials newly developed for use in both U.S. and world history survey courses. John Beck of Vance-Granville CC presented his work on migration out of the South. Russ Van Wyk of Johnson C. Smith University demonstrated ways to analyze publicly available data bases. Jeff Kinard of Guilford Technical CC shared his lesson plans and copies of the related artwork to enable faculty to connect themes in art more closely to the history of Europe. David Trask presented materials on the 1967-1970 civil war in Nigeria.
These
presentations have been developed as part of a project of the American
Historical Association funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The project, “Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age,” promotes the use
of primary sources, active learning, historical thinking, the use of digital
formats, and collaboration among faculty at two year and four year institutions.
All materials previewed at this meeting will ultimately be available for
free at the website of the American Historical Association.
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