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Barnard Teaches: Real Place + Digital Access is a technology and place-based learning initiative at Barnard College, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2014. Originally planned for four classes spanning four years, the grant has funded eight courses and has been extended to October 2022 (see Ongoing Courses and Past Courses for more information). Barnard Teaches supports curricular innovation using new technologies through active faculty collaborations with curators, archivists, and collection managers at New York City institutions such as museums, libraries, and archives.

Concept: to develop new and adapted courses with place-based learning and digital components, with each course meeting the following criteria: (1) students learn onsite at New York City institutions, (2) digital components of the course enhance and enrich the learning experience, and (3) collaborations between faculty, curators, and digital innovators create new points of access to share and learn information.

Goals: (1) to create prototypes for innovative pedagogical models of teaching, (2) to utilize resources at NYC institutions, (3) to use technology to enhance learning, (4) to teach practical digital skills, and (5) to assess and repeat – lessons learned from the first course are applied to the second offering of the course (all courses have at least two offerings).

Clips are from the following courses: (1) A Virtual Enlightenment, (2) New York City's Gilded Ages, and (3) The Worlds of Ntozake Shange and Digital Storytelling.

    April 2022 Panel Series

    Graphic with name of event and image of student handling item from the collection of the New-York Historical society during the Barnard Teaches course "New York City's Gilded Ages."

    Join us in a 2-day panel featuring faculty discussion on the past, present, and future of the 8-year Mellon grant, Barnard Teaches: Real Place + Digital Access. Past students and their work will also be featured. Register via the links below. For more information, email Sarah Greene at sgreene@barnard.edu.

    Sunsetting/Preserving

    Tuesday, 4/12, 10-11
    Register via Zoom

    Embodied/Remote Learning

    Wednesday, 4/13, 10-11
    Register via Zoom

    Barnard Teaches is a technology and place-based learning initiative at Barnard College, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In this series, faculty and students share their experiences with curricular innovations, new technologies, and external partnerships.

    Ongoing Courses

    Architecture

    ARCH UN3400, Environmental Visualizations of NYC: Toxic Territories and Future Possibilities

    Art History

    AHIS BC3853, Exhibiting Modern Inuit Sculpture

    Biology

    BIOL BC2851, Plants and Profit: The Global Power of Botany

    Theatre

    THTR UN3144, Ecologies of Transmedia Performance

    Past Courses

    Africana Studies

    AFEN BC3815, The Worlds of Ntozake Shange and Digital Storytelling 

    Screenshot of the course website, The Worlds of Ntozake Shange and Digital Storytelling

    Course site: bcrw.barnard.edu/digitalshange/projects

    Art History

    AHIS BC3988, A Virtual Enlightenment

    Screenshot of the course website, A Virtual Enlightenment

    Course site: bt.barnard.edu/avirtualenlightenment

    Dance

    DNCE BC3985, Digital Footprints: Archival/New Media Research at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    Screenshot of the course website, Digital Footprints

    Course site: bt.barnard.edu/digitalfootprints

    Urban Studies

    URBS V3725, New York City's Gilded Ages:

    Screenshot of the course website, NYC's Gilded Ages

    Course site: bt.barnard.edu/nycgildedages

      Contact

      For more information, email Barnard Teaches Program Manager Sarah Greene at sgreene@barnard.edu.