Jacob Heil
WHO I AM I am the Assistant Director for Digital Learning in Davidson College's E.H. Little Library.
Creating A Digital Edition with Scalar
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jacob heil
digital scholarship librarian &
director of core
@dr_heil
jheil@wooster.edu
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resources
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planning
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Doing
evaluating
reflecting
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- Not so much learning the tool, just scheduling the expert
- I knew I wanted to limit their exposure to the idiosyncrasies
- I knew getting it into the syllabus would be challenge
- collaborative writing
- peer group close reading and storyboarding
- class-derived editorial decisions
- class-derived themes for the critical introduction
- I knew the content was going to be baked-in to the class...
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Doing
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Doing
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Convince them "you've already done most of the work"
- critical analysis paper
- active close reading
- discussions of scholarly editions
- identified big ideas
Doing
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Scalar Infrastructure
- Created a book on a subdomain or my own site, hosted at Reclaim Hosting
- Created some basic paths (enough to show an example)
Doing
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components of the assignment
Individual Components
Chapters
annotations
reflections
Team Components
critical intro section
Presentations
Doing
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Engineered "team" work
Assigned teams based on Strengths Finder
Scripted all the parts of the team work
Devoted 8-10 class meetings to team work
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Evaluating
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Completing parts was a large part of success (i.e. being a good teammate)
They also did a "Scalar Project Survey" after their presentations...
.... in addition to their reflections.
planning
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Doing
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Reflecting
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"Group Work" Gripes
But still reflective about equitable collaboration and about team dynamics and their roles
other reflections
They were thinking about what makes "an edition" an edition
They recognized their work as fitting into a larger whole
Reflecting
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lessons for next time
A day or two for cleanup
Teach it in a class that's more focused on literature or editions
I could have students in my DH class create a Scalar Book
Creating a Digital Edition with Scalar
By Jacob Heil
