The JapanLab project aims to provide a template to integrate Digital Humanities assignments across a range of classes. Here we recommend a range of DH assignments for classes in Japanese history and beyond
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Timelines
Students are very familiar with old-fashioned timelines in textbooks. Digital timeline tools such as ClioVis offer an innovative way to conceptualize both individual events but also connections between events.
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Video Games
A range of exciting new platforms allow students with no specialized training to design their own games or video game chapters. Explore some assignments here.
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Virtual Heritage
Virtual heritage is a growing field that uses both image- and text-based historical evidence to recreate historical scenes, cityscapes, and/or objects in a virtual space.
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Social Media
While the impact of social media is a complex topic, tools like twitter and other platforms can be incredibly effective in broadcasting pioneering research and scholarship.
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Maps
Digital mapping allows students to visualize historical developments across space. They also provide valuable assignments for any class.
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Podcasts
Podcasts are both popular and highly effective in engaging the general public with a wide range of historical topics. Learn how your students can develop their own podcast episodes for class here.
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Videos
Videos provide a powerful tool for the presentation of groundbreaking scholarship. Student-created videos can also be highly effective tools for learning.
This guide was developed by Haley Price in 2022 with support from Adam Clulow and Kirsten Cather.