Build your skills

Digital approaches in humanities research often mean adding to your skillset. There are many community-generated learning materials online. The examples shared here are tailored for humanities scholars, accessible and self-paced. These sites can also be sources of inspiration, guiding users through simple projects that demonstrate digital methods and tools.  
  • The Programming Historian

    The Programming Historian is a volunteer-powered learning platform. The site provides entry-level tutorials that cover a wide range of topics relevant to the field of Digital Humanities, including digital tools, methods and research processes.

    All published tutorials are peer-reviewed, filtered by category, and when possible, utilise open source software and programming languages to remove potential entry barriers novice learners may face. Tutorials include Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks, Intro to Google Maps and Google Earth and Beginner's Guide to Twitter Data, among many more that vary in complexity.  

    Access to The Programming Historian is free and does not require a login or institutional access. A number of tutorials are also available in Spanish and French.

  • metoDHology

    metoDHology is an open community education platform created by the Centre for Digital Humanities Research at the Australian National University. The platform is free, open-access, community-based and crowd-sourced and provides access to videos, bibliographies, tutorials, and research-orientated blog posts.

    With an aim to increase awareness of digital approaches among researchers with little prior knowledge or experience, metoDHology provides clear evaluations and examples of digital methodologies and tools, enabling researchers to make informed decisions prior to commencing their own research.

    Each contribution is peer-reviewed and provided a DOI, allowing experts to share, publish and illustrate their own digital methodology processes, workflows, strengths and limitations. Methodologies are illustrated using discipline-specific examples but are catered towards cross-disciplinary application, and the use of open source data and tools are prioritised where possible. 

    For examples, see the Introduction to Digital Mapping and 3D Modelling.

  • PARTHENOS

    The European PARTHENOS Project provides self-guided training modules for researchers interested in pursuing digital research pathways in the humanities. 
     
    PARTHENOS is a collaborative project, bringing together several existing research infrastructures and cultural institutions with the aim to empower digital research across the Humanities. 
     
    Developed by discipline experts, the training modules explore and address research infrastructures and the issues and methods around them. Modules cover all levels of learning and familiarity with digital research infrastructure, from the beginner through advanced level. Access to the resources, both for learner and trainers, is free and does not require a login or institutional access.  

    With a wide range of teaching resources, the PARTHENOS Project engages educators, managers, and policy makers to inform and educate.