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Matt Cook, “Depth-of-Field: Translating the benefits of Virtual Reality from the laboratory to the (higher-ed) classroom”

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

Increasingly accessible Virtual Reality technologies allow course content to be presented in context, at human scale, and responsive to the wide range of body-centered interactions. These representational characteristics, which define our engagement with real-world objects and environments, have been shown in the literature to improve performance on activities that overlap significantly with target learning outcomes […]

Anne Donlon, “Making Scholarship Open with Humanities Commons”

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

Learn how scholars have used Humanities Commons to work in public and to publish open access work. Scholars have used Humanities Commons to support their work in a number of ways: finding collaborators, researching, drafting, sharing work in progress, getting informal and formal feedback, publishing on a Commons site, or sharing work published elsewhere in our open access repository. This presentation will explore several options for engaging a broader […]

Digital Research and Teaching Symposium featuring Undergraduate Digital Research and Innovative Pedagogy

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

  This event will showcase the independent, digital research and classroom work of undergraduate students alongside the innovative assignment design and pedagogical experimentation of faculty and graduate students. Join us in the morning to focus on undergraduate digital research and in the afternoon for an in-depth discussion about new methods in active and engaged pedagogy. […]

Building a Coding Workflow from Terminal to Github: Workshop with Fabiola Hanna

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

  Confused by Github? Scared by the black screen of the Terminal? If you’re looking to code, but don’t know how to get started join Fabiola Hanna for an introductory workshop and learn how to set up a coding workflow. We’ll start with basic scripts in Terminal then move to setting up Brackets and working […]

PhD+ Stephanie Montgomery and Melissa Brzycki: “Podcasting Pop Culture – Engaging Public Audiences in East Asian History”

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

“Podcasting Pop Culture – Engaging Public Audiences in East Asian History” Stephanie Montgomery and Melissa Brzycki A Special PhD+ Event at the VizWall (DSC, McHenry Library) Consumable anywhere, podcasts have emerged as an important medium for cultural discussions. Join us for a conversation about East Asia for All, a public history podcast that provides nuanced […]

Digital Humanities VizLab Open House

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

If you’ve never tried VR before, this is your chance. Explore the new DSC VizLab and experience Virtual Reality. We invite you to test the HTC VIVE headset, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Cardboard Headset. DSC Staff will be available to answer questions and introduce you to available resources and hardware. Cosponsored by the IDEA […]

Danny Snelson: “The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats”

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

Event Photos: The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats Danny Snelson (UCLA, English) As you read these lines, the Utah Data Center continues its process of deciphering untold exabytes of information collected by the NSA. This enterprise, like certain strands in the digital humanities and the corporate world alike, stakes its hopes for meaningful […]

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Dr. Angus Forbes: “Immersive Interpretation – Exploring Data in Virtual Reality”

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

Event Photos: Immersive Interpretation: Exploring Data in Virtual Reality Angus Forbes (UCSC, Computational Media) Forbes will discuss the opportunities for exploring and analyzing data using contemporary display technologies, such as interactive video walls, ambisonic theaters, and virtual reality headsets. I present a range of projects that examine novel ways of representing scientific and cultural datasets, […]

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Digital Humanities VizLab Open House

Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library

If you’ve never tried VR before, this is your chance. Explore the new DSC VizLab and experience Virtual Reality. We invite you to test the HTC VIVE headset, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Cardboard Headset. DSC Staff will be available to answer questions and introduce you to available resources and hardware. Cosponsored by the IDEA […]