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Evolution of the Mixxer

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The rise in the number of MOOCs in the past year has been nothing less than astounding.  Perhaps even more surprising is the uniformity of the structure used by 99% of these offerings: videos of lectures posted within a very … Continue reading

Notes for Digital Humanities

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Below is a list to the notes of past trainings we’ve done in the Willoughby that are likely to be useful for those considering or starting in the digital humanities. Blogs, RSS & Collaborative Writing – If you’re new to … Continue reading

Mixxer Visualization with Gephi – Languages by Messages

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  How it was made I exported a csv from the database with three columns: native language of sender, native language of recipient, and date. I installed and used this tool, Eonydis. http://www.clementlevallois.net/software.php Opened that program and selected the file. Next … Continue reading

Social Media

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While several campus organizations such as WDCV and the college farm use Facebook as a way interacting with the community, Dickinson faculty make greater user of Twitter.  Some of our favorite examples: Ed Webb  – Professor Webb’s personal Twitter feed … Continue reading

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Peacemaker Game – updated syllabus and assignment

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Professor Staub sent me his updated syllabus and assignment for the use of the game Peacemaker in his conflict resolution.  It was one of the first and probably still the best use of a game we’ve had at the college. … Continue reading

Game for Chemistry

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We haven’t had many new case examples for gaming recently.  Peacemaker is still very popular for Middle Eastern Studies and Conflict Resolution.  Ed Webb’s “Empires” course still uses my Civ IV mod.  Fold-it and Global Warming Interactive are still used … Continue reading