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sotonDH small grants: Virtually Reconstructing Musical Numbers
by Elizabeth Carroll via Digital Humanities | Digital Humanities
The musical is an under theorised genre in Film Studies. It is arguably the most complex of all the archetypal genres, reflecting as it does on the nature of the cinema going experience itself. Its reflexive nature is in part a result of its structure which varies from other genres in its focus on simultaneity and comparison rather than causal …
Changing the Learning Landscape #cll1213
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Yesterday Fiona Harvey, Graeme Earl and myself headed for London Town to present at the HEA Changing the Learning Landscape event. This event offered an opportunity for those involved in teaching to find out more about the role that social media can play in enhancing the student and tutor experience. It was therefore a chance […]
Seminar 2:‘Practitioner Perspectives’ – Digital technologies and school-to-work transition
by Alison Simmance via Work Thought Blog
Seminar 2 ‘Practitioner Perspectives’ | Digital technologies and school-to-work transition | Tuesday, 28th May, 4 to 6pm | Building 32, Room 2097 We are an interdisciplinary working group at the Work Futures Research Centre at Southampton University. Our aim is to explore the role of digital technology in the formation of learner identities and in […]
Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013- Success
by Alison Simmance via Digital Economy USRG
The University of Southampton sprang to life during the 17-22nd March when over 1050 attendees joined us for the 3rd annual Multidisciplinary Research Week. This year’s week long celebration was built on the best cross-disciplinary science and arts from the University of Southampton’s staff and students with a packed programme of talks, hands-on science demonstrations, […]
Raspberry Pi workshop
by Luke Goater via Digital Economy USRG
Really enjoyed last night’s Raspberry Pi Workshop at Southampton University, which was sponsored and organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, in collaboration with the Centre for Strategic Innovation and Dirk Gorissen, then part of Engineering and the Environment here. The session began with a demo from Simon Cox and an excellent introduction to […]
#Digichamp Flo Broderick on learning to be a Reporter
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Only a month ago I spent my Monday morning at university attending a Digichamps workshop on creating and editing video on smartphones with David Willox and Simon Morice of icmReporting. After learning about conducting video interviews, we exchanged contact details and a month later I found myself working as a news reporter at Digital Media […]
The 2013 Digital Literacies Conference #sotonMOOC
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Written by @garethpbeeston and first published on the #digichamps blog: The #SotonMOOC conference held today was host to a number of prestigious people from UK businesses and Universities, hoping to debate the challenges involved with building, moderating and launching a MOOC. The event was kicked off by our very own @HughDavis who spoke about the […]
Ways of Seeing the English Domestic Interior, 1500-1700: the case of decorative textiles
by Catriona Cooper via Digital Humanities | Digital Humanities
On 19th March I attended the third workshop for this AHRC research network. The aim of the day was to explore how eyetracking technology can be exploited towards the understanding of visitor experience of 17th century painted cloths at Owlpen Manor in Gloucestershire. The day began with two groups of volunteers being “wired up” to the eyetracking hardware. The first …
Digital Economy Success Stories
by Luke Goater via Digital Economy USRG
Readers of this blog might be interested in some of the activities going on at the Centre for Strategic Innovation which has really bedded in since our launch in November 2011. I wanted the CSI, in the spirit of innovation, to be a bit disruptive – my vision was, recognition for top-quality research, externally and […]
#WebSci13 is just 3 weeks away…
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
It is not too late to book your place in Paris 🙂 The Web demands new ways of working across traditional academic disciplines. Web Science builds skills and expertise in the technical underpinnings of the Web, the social processes that have shaped its evolution, and the impact of the Web on society. The presentations at […]