2020-2021
Do More With Digital Scholarship
1. Introduction to Digitization
Asynchronous module | available 05-October, 2020 | View now
Follow-up drop-in sessions | 16 & 26-October, 2020 | 11:30-12:30 ET
Instructor: Krista Jamieson
Ever wondered how historical documents are digitized so they can form a corpus for digital scholarship? Join us for an Introduction to Digitization and learn about considerations for digitizing different kinds of materials, processing scans, storage, and sharing (and some ethical & practical implications along the way). “Digitization” is only step 1!
2. Roundtable on Digital Scholarship
Synchronous session | 30-October, 2020 | View the session
Facilitator: Andrea Zeffiro
Participants: Helen Beny, Raquel Burgess, Emily Goodwin, Adrianna Michell, Amanda Montague
What is digital scholarship, how can I do more with it, and how can it contribute to my research and teaching? Join some of McMaster’s emerging scholars in conversation as they reflect on their experiences in digital scholarship.
3. Textual Analysis with Voyant
Synchronous session | 04-November, 2020 | View the session
Instructor: Devon Mordell
Written documents can be transformed into data for visualization, helping scholars see texts in different ways. We will use the web-based application, Voyant Tools (https://voyant-tools.org/), to analyze and visualize the text content of documents.
4. Data Visualization with Tableau
Synchronous session | 18-November, 2020 | View the session
Instructor: Devon Mordell
You might not think of numbers and locations as data, but it all depends on how you use them! Working with numeric and spatial data, you will learn how to create visualizations in Tableau.
5. Social Media Research Ethics – Preliminary Considerations
Asynchronous module | available 18-January, 2021 | View now
Instructors: Andrea Zeffiro, Emily Goodwin, Isaac Pratt, Jay Brodeur
This module introduces participants to formative considerations for integrating social media platforms and data in research.
6. Network Analysis with Gephi
Synchronous session | 20-January, 2021 | 11:30 – 1:30 ET | View now
Instructor: Devon Mordell
Graph data, expressing relationships between entities, is another type of data that can be useful to visualize for scholars. We will use a visualization tool intended for social network analysis, Gephi (https://gephi.org/), to map and identify relationships within a dataset scraped from Twitter.
7. Journal Publishing
Synchronous session | 26-January, 2021 | 1:00 – 2:30 ET | View now
Instructors: Gabriela Mircea, Olga Perkovic
In this workshop, attendees will get a chance to develop their knowledge of the range of workflows supported by the Open Journal Systems (OJS) open-source publishing software. The workshop will showcase the “behind the scenes” aspects of an academic journal and guide attendees through the significant steps of starting and editing a journal. No previous knowledge of journal publishing is required.
8. Data Wrangling with OpenRefine
Asynchronous module | available 01-February, 2021 | view now
Follow-up drop-in session | 11-February, 2021 | 11:30-12:30 ET
Instructor: Jay Brodeur
In this workshop, participants will learn the basic principles of data wrangling, and will use a hands-on approach to gain fundamental knowledge and practical experience with exploring, cleaning, and transforming data into more interoperable and reusable forms.
9. Introduction to Digital Exhibits with Omeka-S
Asynchronous module | available 08-February, 2021 | view now
Follow-up drop-in session | 24-February, 2021 | 11:30-12:30 ET
Instructor: Amanda Montague
In this workshop, participants will learn how to use Omeka S to manage digital collections and create scholarly exhibits. The workshop will introduce users to the basic functions of Omeka S including how to create an archival item collection, add metadata, and build a digital exhibit. The potential benefits of using Omeka S in research and teaching will also be discussed.
10. Social Media Research Ethics – Project Design
Asynchronous module | available 22-February, 2021 | view now
Instructors: Andrea Zeffiro, Emily Goodwin, Isaac Pratt, Jay Brodeur
This module focuses on the methodological and ethical considerations for planning, carrying out, and managing research projects that incorporate social media platforms and data.
11. Best Practices for Managing Data in your Research
Synchronous session | 16-March, 2021 | view now
Instructor: Isaac Pratt
In this introductory workshop, learn about research data management best practices and how investing a small amount of time in organizing your data now can save you a lot of time and prevent future headaches. We will go over best practices for data planning, storage, organization, preservation, and sharing.
12. Roundtable: Social Media Research Ethics – Power and Provocations
Synchronous session | 26-March, 2021 | view now
Facilitator: Emily Goodwin
Participants: Dr. Sarah Brophy, Theresa Kenney, Dr. Karen Louise Smith, Dr. Andrea Zeffiro
This roundtable brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to assess the embedded power structures of social media research and the frameworks for assessing such research as ‘ethical’.