Digital humanities revolutionise how we approach and understand humanities in both academic and real-world settings. By integrating video, audio, and podcasting, digital humanities enable richer, more engaging ways to analyse, present, and interact with human culture and history. In university, these technologies offer dynamic tools for learning & teaching through classroom work and research, while in the industry, they enhance content creation, archiving, and public engagement.
Video & Audio
At university, video & audio has become an essential component of our learning & teaching environments. Lecturers and tutors utilise these to enhance visual and auditory learning experiences and assist students in creating accessible resources. Complex ideas can be simplified through digital media and recorded presentations.
For students, this centres around media production for educational and industry use including film theory and storytelling but extends into furthering visual material into engaging presentations through technical upskilling and learning opportunities. It contributes to a learning environment where students engage through digital interactions and collaborative groupwork, either in-person or online
Podcasting
Podcasting is not limited to people and a microphone – while this is the basic foundational idea of a podcast, it includes so much more which has seen its popularity exponentially increase in recent years.
Through an educational lens, podcasts are an excellent opportunity for lecturers to openly discuss ideas conversationally. It allows students to experience a more human interaction with plenty of Q&A opportunities if structured well. Podcasts are excellent at delivering new ideas or briefs which benefit from more than a single perspective of storytelling, planning, or explanation.
As a student, podcasting for assessment tasks refines your vocabulary, pronunciation, and diction into a professional, well-rounded presentation. Combining this with technical skills such as editing the podcast or additions to the program including vox pops and interviews further enriches the relation to digital humanities within tertiary education.
This page was written by students. Contributors include: Benedict: Postgraduate Media & Communications student
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