The History Lab: Promoting Digital Historical Research Skills

Presented by: Orna Farrell

This paper describes an ongoing initiative to enhance learner digital literacies by fostering historical thinking using digitized primary sources called “The History Lab” https://thehistorylabblog.wordpress.com/ (an OER) The initiative has created a set of learning materials which will support the use of online primary sources and enhance the learner experience.

The learning materials are comprised of:

An interactive guide to online primary sources

An accompanying social bookmarking web page- Tumblr

Online video tutorials which scaffold learners when finding, evaluating and using online primary sources

Presenter Biography:

I am Programme Chair of the BA Humanities at DCU Connected. I am involved in research in online learning, eportfolios, critical thinking and digital historical skills.

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