Students, teachers, and scholars can use A Digital Anthology to explore early modern drama, early print practices and book history, textual editing, and the digital humanities. This page is designed to bring together ideas for teaching and learning, inside and outside the classroom. To contribute materials derived from the Digital Anthology or its texts, ranging from classroom exercises to reports on research or new projects, please get in touch with us.

Material will be added to this page as it is developed. The first featured research is expected to arise from our workshop “Beyond Access: Early Modern Digital Texts in the Classroom” June 20 – 24, 2016, generously funded by the NEH Division of Preservation and Access.

Beyond Access: Early Modern Digital Texts in the Classroom

With the guidance of visiting faculty experts, a select group of college faculty participants will explore classroom applications for digital playtexts, investigating the pedagogical value of digital editing as well as the use of digital editions as resources for other modes of scholarly inquiry. Participants will reflect on the role of DH tools and methodologies in literary and historical analysis, as well as the critical digital literacy skills that students need to master to take advantage of new digital editions—or make them.

Among the questions visiting faculty will pose and consider with participants: How can digital editions allow us—and our students—to encounter early modern plays in new ways? How can student interpretation, through multimedia contributions and editorial activities, enhance digital editions? How do we involve students in the creation and curation of digital humanities resources, as well as their consumption? What editorial principles, history of the book and print culture, or literary factors are significant properties of a text that must be represented in a digital edition? How can libraries use digital editions to encourage students to engage with their physical holdings?

For further details, see the Beyond Access page on Folgerpedia.