My final project for History 689 is a website entitled, “Asking Historical Questions: A Guided Learning Activity for College Students.” The site is aimed at…
As this Digital Public History course comes to an end, I’m reflecting both on how much I’ve learned and on how much the material we…
After weeks of work, the Oberlin Community History Hub (OCHH) is nearly ready to go public! The OCHH consolidates existing historical materials related to the…
The Oberlin Community History Hub project is moving forward, if sometimes slowly! This week, I spent most of my time developing the “About” section for…
In the past four weeks in DH 694, we have been reading about different genres of digital public history, from community and local histories, to…
This week I would characterize my work on the OHCC as “plugging along.” I did two main kinds of work on the project this week.…
This week working on the Oberlin History Community Hub I’ve been thinking a lot about usability, searchability, and design for the site. A key issue…
As we continue to work on our Oberlin Community History Hub project, I was really struck by one of the dilemmas raised by this week’s…
*Please note: this a mock grant proposal written as part of a class assignment and it does not represent the work of the named organizations Oberlin College, the Oberlin…
