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A New Website for RRCHNM
Today we’re officially launching a redesigned website for RRCHNM. We’re also taking the opportunity to move it to an updated url: igorj2.sg-host.com. The site’s last major redesign was in 2008. As Dan Cohen noted at that time, a website redesign is “is a painful and long proc
In Memory of Lt. Col. Ronald J. Martin, USMC, Retired
On July 14, 2016, the Rosenzweig Center lost Ronald J. Martin, a longtime and valuable member of our team, to his struggle with cancer. Ron came to the Center in 2008 to serve join the team of scholars editing the Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800, and was integral to our work with the Nationa
Will this be on the Test?
In online courses, as with face-to-face courses, assessing learning is a central issue. In a recently published book chapter, CHNM staff contributed to this discussion based on their experiences developing and teaching online courses for practicing teachers. In “How We Learned to Drop the Quiz: W
RRCHNM to Create Educational Materials for Eisenhower E-Memorial
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) is proud to announce its selection by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission to create educational materials for the Eisenhower E-Memorial. RRCHNM will create seven curriculum units focused on Pivotal Moments from Eisenhower’s life
Growing the Fields
Last summer, Sharon Leon and I (Sheila Brennan) led a team at RRCHNM with the challenging goal of increasing capacity within the fields of history and art history for doing digital work. We started with novices and invited them to learn with us for two weeks last summer. At the end, those digital no
CHNM‘s Histories: Digital History and Teaching History
Cross-posted from Stephen Robertson’s blog. This is the second in a series of posts about aspects of RRCHNM’s history written to mark the Center’s 20th anniversary. No sooner had I published my blog post on the differences between digital history and digital humanities than I realized th
One month until RRCHNM’s 20th Anniversary Conference
RRCHNM’s 20th anniversary is now only one month away. Over 100 people have registered to attend the free, two-day event on November 14 and 15. There is still time to join us – details and the registration form can be found here. More details of the schedule will be released soon. As p
A New Look, and Improved Access and Stability for the September 11 Digital Archive
On this the 13th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy, the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is proud to launch a newly upgraded and redesigned site for the September 11 Digital Archive (911DA). The new site boasts improved access to the archive’s collections and, more impor
Doing Digital History in August
RRCHNM continued its summer of institutes in early August when 23 mid-career American historians arrived in Northern Virginia for “Doing Digital History.” Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital Humanities, the institute began on August 4 and ran for two we
Art Historians, Rebuilding their Portfolios
RRCNHM hosted an enthusiastic group of 22 art historians, librarians, and museum professionals for “Rebuilding the Portfolio,” a digital art history institute sponsored by the Getty Foundation. The self-identified novice participants began the institute on July 8, 2014 nervous and worried about