Principal Investigator Kurt Fendt
Co-investigators Martin Marks , Peter Donaldson , Sabine Levet , Wyn Kelley , Dagmar Jaeger , Diana Henderson , Gilberte Furstenberg née Codaccioni , Mary Fuller , Ariane Culot-Nicolio , Ellen W Crocker , Ian Condry , Tong Chen , Douglas Morgenstern , Shankar Raman , Jeffrey Ravel , Margery Resnick , Janet Sonenberg , Emma Teng , David Thorburn , William Uricchio , Julian K Wheatley , Gabriella M Horvath , Belinda Yung
Project Website http://hyperstudio.mit.edu/
MIT’s HyperStudio -- Laboratory for Digital Humanities explores the potential of new media technologies for the enhancement of education and research in the humanities.
Work focuses on questions about the integration of technology into humanities curricula within the broader context of scholarly inquiry and educational practice. We conceptualize, develop, and deploy innovative media applications in close collaboration with scholars, educators, students, and developers.
The HyperStudio is part of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and closely affiliated with the Comparative Media Studies Program.
In particular, we:
(*) Support innovative teaching and active learning in the humanities(*) Conceptualize educational media projects in close collaboration with faculty(*) Work with faculty to specifically create media content for their courses(*) Help faculty integrate new media projects into the curriculum(*) Develop new technologies to flexibly deliver media content to students(*) Innovate new media-based pedagogies that engage students more fully in the learning process(*) Generate concepts for future educational media needs
The HyperStudio team collaborates closely with faculty in the humanities and social sciences on media-rich digital projects for teaching, learning and research. The involvement typically ranges from project conceptualization and multiple iterative development cycles with extensive end-user feedback, to classroom integration and evaluation. All of the projects emphasize collaboration among students and scholars and incorporate a high level of interaction with the media documents.
Besides project-based work, HyperStudio engages in continuous research on aspects of teaching and learning with digital technologies in the humanities. This research influences the conceptualization and development of the portfolio of HyperStudio projects, as well as the HyperStudio Lecture Series, and Workshops.