Apr 25, 2012
History SPOT will soon be home to training modules from the IHR Digital project (funded by JISC) HISTORE. This project is developing short modules introducing various digital tools that might be of use to historians. For instance, I’m currently working on the...
Mar 12, 2012
Just a quick advertisement for our upcoming workshop specifically designed for up and coming authors of historical fiction: How to Get the History Right in your Historical Fiction: A workshop for authors. As you may be aware, last year the IHR hosted a conference...
Aug 4, 2011
At our workshop Developing Online Research Training and Course Delivery it was generally agreed that many historians were hesitant to use blogs and wikis although different age groups vary in this. The age cohort is worth bearing in mind when setting up a course –...
Aug 1, 2011
At our workshop held in June on Developing Online Research Training and Course Delivery the issue of user support and the role of the tutor came up as a complex problem for the online environment. Here is a summary of what was said on the subject: It is important...
Jul 29, 2011
After the presentations given at our workshop on Developing Online Research Training and Course Delivery we broke up into several groups to discuss the issues involved. This proved to be a highly useful exercise. One part of that conversation focused on the problem...
