2. University
ofGalway.i
e
University
ofGalway.i
e
Embedding source-based pedagogy in the digital
classroom
Working across a number of disciplines: History, Drama,
Human Rights, Sociology.
Bridging the learning space from Reading Room to
personal classroom – combining manuscript and digital
collections for hybrid learning experience.
3. University
ofGalway.i
e
Broad timeline:
Developing new bespoke module
and stand-alone embedded
sessions through Summer 2021
Students returning to campus –
Late August 2021
Some Covid Restrictions in place
All students return - 28 Sept 2021
Cyber Attack – 30 Sept 2021
5. The Role of Digital Archives and
Libraries in Society – President
Michael D. Higgins
“For universities and archives, digitisation
has opened up exciting possibilities,
enabling new ways of generating, curating,
and engaging with information.”
9. University
ofGalway.i
e
New bespoke module – DT2102 –
Irish Drama from Wilde to O’Casey.
MA cohort at the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama,
Theatre, and Performance.
Devised and delivered via the archive collections as
the primary class source material.
12. University
ofGalway.i
e
University
ofGalway.i
e
Embedding podcasts and aural
archives as source material
Students set the published text
Discuss the plays/archival records
in class (Hour 1)
Listen to the podcast of the play in
class (hour 2)
Assignment: Reflect on the play’s
impact today: from text to voice.
13. University
ofGalway.i
e
University
ofGalway.i
e
Panti Bliss and the Viral Video as
Source Material
2014 – A ‘Noble Call’ was performed at the Abbey each
night after the production of The Risen People
Singers, writers, artists, poets etc. gave a response to the
theme of the play.
Panti Bliss’ speech from the Abbey became a viral
sensation and a major rallying call for the Marriage
Equality Referendum of 2015.
Video is not within the Abbey Digital Archive
Exists only on Youtube ….. For now.
15. Facing our Hidden Histories.
Listening, Oral History, and the
Survivor-led Archive of the Tuam
Mother and Baby Home.
Open Access podcast, narrated by
Cillian Murphy, based on Survivor
Testimony.
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16. Podcast as Digital Archive –
Creating the Record
Partnership with Galway International Arts Festival – A Digital record of
the Festival.
Leaf Work by John Gerard.
Galway, 2020 and Sydney 2021 – Podcast about the artistic response to
climate change, forming a new and responsive archive of the present.
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17. University
ofGalway.i
e
Responding to a unforeseen learning environment.
Sourcing, evaluating, embedding new digital content into learning programmes.
Encouraging new and diverse learning pathways.
Embedding archive literacy within class time.
Set assessments that are student-led, reflective, and critical of information and the medium.
Linking our collections to external collections – discovering new learning pathways.
Support and share each other’s digital collections – we all benefit!
