| Type | Title | Author | Replies | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Scholarly Party | ryerbanta | 1 | 6 years 11 months ago |
| Assignment | Everyday Data Management | ryerbanta | 0 | 8 years 2 days ago |
This lesson introduces undergraduates to personal digital archiving (PDA) as an instructional bridge to research data management.
PDA is the study of how people organize, maintain, use and share personal digital information in their daily lives. PDA skills closely parallel research data management skills, with the added benefit of being directly relevant to undergraduate students, most of whom manage complex personal digital content on a daily basis.
For this activity students are asked to imagine that they are organizing a party, specifically a scholarly party. Groups are given a starting article that they evaluate and use as a jumping off point for choosing a theme for their party and finding more sources. Their theme acts as an early version of a research question. Following citations backwards and forwards groups invite other scholars who would have relevant things to say about their theme.
