Digital Humanities and Digital Publishing

Educational objectives:
The course aims to provide participants with a general knowledge of the fields of digital humanities and digital publishing, together with a more specific focus on the evolution of digital textuality, on reading and learning devices and tools, and on the editorial features of learning content. Specific laboratorial activities will be devoted to the practices of content production and curation, providing participants with a practical introduction to the main tools and methodologies used in the field.

Expected learning outcomes:
Knowledge and understanding: Upon completion of the course, the participants will have acquired essential knowledge and skills in the fields of digital publishing and digital humanities, and more specific knowledge and skills on the practices of editorial production of learning content, with the ability to understand the main strategies for their organization and digital care. They will also have acquired a general understanding of the practices and of the market reality of educational digital publishing, including the main roles and competencies involved.

Applying knowledge and understanding: Upon completion of the course, the participants will be able to apply the acquired competencies in evaluating the effectiveness and the editorial quality of digital content and in choosing the most appropriate practices for their design, production and distribution, also in the context of work teams.

Making judgments: Upon completion of the course, the participants will be able to independently and critically assess the effectiveness and features of different types of editorial and learning content, and to analyze their structural organization; they will also be able to evaluate costs and benefits in choosing between different methods of production, selection, organization of editorial content.

Communication skills: Upon completion of the course, also by means of the collaborative activities provided, the participants will be able to actively participate in a work team in the field of digital publishing, and to master the specific language used in the field.

Learning skills: Participants will acquire the skills and autonomy necessary for fostering the acquisition of new knowledge and competencies in the field, both in the context of collaborative content production activities, and through training and self-organized learning.

Modalities of connection with other courses:
The course will be closely connected with the course ‘Learning design for e-learning and media education’ and with the course ‘Tools and methodologies for e-learning’. Furthermore, it will be connected, in the form of integrated learning and within the laboratory and project work activities, with the audio-video laboratory and the platform laboratory.