Category Archives: Session Proposals

Minimal computing

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Alex Gil

For those of you who heard me talk about minimal computing on Thursday, you may remember I mentioned a platform named Jekyll. I would be happy to show you how it works and how to set one up and start … Continue reading →

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Advocating for Alternative Forms of Scholarship

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Maha Bali

The journal Hybrid Pedagogy recently put out a CfP on the Scholarly and the Digital We could focus our discussion on the topics suggested in the CfP and “make”, at the end of the session, a google doc (or several, … Continue reading →

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Develop Twitter Scavenger Hunt for Digital Literacy

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Maha Bali

I was thinking of having a session where we brainstorm togethet possible items on a Twitter scavenger hunt activity we could use to develop digital literacy for our students. The “make” is a repository of activities for a Twitter scavenger … Continue reading →

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Exploring HathiTrust

Posted on February 24, 2015 by dwrisley

Proposal for ThatCamp Beirut 2015 session: Exploring HathiTrust AUB has recently joined the HathiTrust partnership community. In their words, the “HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. It provides long-term preservation and access services … Continue reading →

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