Digital Humanities: Half Machine, Half Human

By Shawn Warren. HASTAC champions digital solutions to the crisis in higher education.  In past posts I have presented an alternative model for the provision of this valued service that champions a more human solution to the crisis.  This alternative does not rely on traditional instituions (universities and colleges) or the tsunami of digital responses now being floated (from MOOCs to digital badges).  In these posts I have also tried to show how digital solutions such as badges are suited to the professional model. The use of digital technology in higher education is being determined by the institutions that possess acceditiation, since under the current model they are the only recognized source of employ for academics and education for students. More...