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Authoring Connexions Modules Related to TIMEA (m13902)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Connexions, exercises, intellectual property, links, metadata, Middle East, research, teaching, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: This module explains how to author Connexions modules that are related to the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). It covers adding metadata, making links, and creating exercises. It also provides style tips and explains how Connexions handles intellectual property. "Authoring TIMEA Modules" is part 3 of a 5 ... using Connexions.
Subject: Humanities, Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 65.75%
Revised: 2006-10-05
Revisions: 4
Creating TIMEA Modules Using the Connexions Word Importer (m13870)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Connexions, Microsoft, module editing, paragraph, style, template, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, Word
Summary: How to enter content into Connexions by importing Word documents. Part 5 of a 5-part course that helps instructors and students use modules related to the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) and trains new authors to develop modules and courses using Connexions.
Subject: Humanities, Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 66.88%
Revised: 2006-09-18
Revisions: 2
Using and Creating TIMEA Educational Materials in Connexions (col10375)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Connexions, Middle East, research, teaching, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: The Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) has developed over 25 educational modules in Connexions to accompany its digital archive of texts, images and maps related to Western travel in the Middle East, particularly Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. "Using and Creating TIMEA Educational Materials in ... own tutorials.
Subject: Humanities, Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 63.49%
Revised: 2006-09-18
Revisions: New
Using TIMEA Modules (m13868)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: annotations, Connexions, Middle East, organizing courses, research, teaching, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: This module describes how to navigate a Connexions module and highlights some of key features, such as adding annotations and assembling modules into your own course. "Using TIMEA Modules" is part 2 of a 5-part course that helps instructors use modules associated with TIMEA (Travelers in the Middle East ... using Connexions.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 61.04%
Revised: 2007-12-14
Revisions: 5
Bringing TIMEA Content into Connexions (m13903)
Author: Lisa Spiro
Keywords: Connexions, digital archive, Middle East, research, teaching, Travelers in the Middle East ArchiveTIMEA
Summary: This module explains how to bring example materials from the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) into Connexions. It details adding image files, sections of texts, and links to dynamic GIS maps. "Bringing TIMEA Content into Connexions" is part 4 of a 5-part course that helps instructors use ... using Connexions.
Subject: Humanities, Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 64.39%
Revised: 2006-10-10
Revisions: 3
Building up One Empire while Tearing Down Another: Scholars, Missionaries and Spies in the Ottoman Middle East (m13674)
Keywords: Alois Musil, archaeology, European colonialism, Middle East, Orientalism, T.E. Lawrence, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: This module explores the careers of British archaeologist T.E. Lawrence and Czech scholar Alois Musil. Both men were scholars, but also agents for their respective governments. As with many figures active in the age of European colonialism, Lawrence and Musil created an important intellectual legacy, but their value as contemporary ... of objectivity.
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 85.84%
Revised: 2006-10-30
Revisions: 3
Taking the “Souvenir of Egypt” Research Project to the Next Level (m13057)
Keywords: Art & Artifacts, Egypt, encyclopedias, history, History & Politics, library resources, online research, orientalism, ornamental motifs, reference section, Souvenir of Egypt, symbolic themes, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, visual culture
Summary: How can researchers take information that they have gathered and build a focused argument about it? This module is part 6 of a 6 part series on researching the background of the Souvenir of Egypt, a textile that is part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive. It brings ... material culture.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 76.99%
Revised: 2006-10-08
Revisions: 5
Placing History: Introducing geographic information systems in the context of current humanities research (m13693)
Keywords: Geographic Information, geography, GIS, history, mapping, maps, Middle East, TIMEA
Summary: Using the TIMEA project (Travelers in the Middle East Archive) as a case study, this module will explore an increasingly popular trend in historical research: the use of advanced mapping software-- broadly called geographic information systems, or GIS-- as a means of animating and visualizing research. Among current research initiatives ... the project.
Subject: Humanities, Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 88.35%
Revised: 2006-09-14
Revisions: 6
Introduction to Conducting Research with the British Parliamentary Papers (m12842)
Keywords: British Empire, British Parliament, British parliamentary papers, History -- Methodology, History -- Research, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: Provides an overview to conducting research using the British Parliamentary Papers.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 73.21%
Revised: 2006-10-30
Revisions: 6
Conducting Research Using Microfiche, Microfilm and Microcard (m12729)
Keywords: microcard, microfiche, microfilm, microform, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: This module is an introduction to using microfilm resources for research.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 82.50%
Revised: 2006-10-30
Revisions: 7
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