Zebras in the Revolution?: Inspiring Discovery with Digital Moravians in the Classroom
The proliferation of digitized manuscript sources has opened up a wide range of applications for using primary sources in undergraduate learning environments. This article describes a learning activity that simulates the process of making archival sources accessible to the general public. In the sim...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Penn State Univ. Press
2022
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Journal of Moravian history
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-177 |
RelBib Classification: | KBQ North America KDG Free church ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
Further subjects: | B
Pedagogy
B Simulation B Digitization B Archives B American Revolution |
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Summary: | The proliferation of digitized manuscript sources has opened up a wide range of applications for using primary sources in undergraduate learning environments. This article describes a learning activity that simulates the process of making archival sources accessible to the general public. In the simulation, students work with digital copies of manuscripts from the Moravian Archives. After a brief description of the activity, the article offers reflection on the author’s goals for the exercise and responses from students who found this simulation to be a positive learning experience. |
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ISSN: | 2161-6310 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Moravian history
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