Providing free access to primary sources, building high-quality online teaching modules, and offering instruction on critical thinking skills.
Developing publications and applications to define digital humanities for a new generation of scholars, librarians and museum professionals.
Bringing history to audiences worldwide by collecting digital records, archiving documents of the past, and presenting historical exhibits.
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
January 2, 2013
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University is pleased to announce Hidden in Plain Sight, an online U.S. history course created for teachers with funding from the Virginia Department of Education. This Spring 2013 course may be taken for recertification points or for graduate credit. 45 Recertification Points Participants [...]
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