Digital-Zertifikat des Historischen Instituts für Master

Ergänzungsmodul 12: Digital History

Erläuterung zum Konzept:

• Der Erwerb des Zertifikats „Digitale Kompetenzen für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten“ ist optional.
• Ausreichend nach den Bedingungen des Modulhandbuchs ist die Teilnahme an beiden Lehrveranstaltung sowie das Bestehen der Modulabschlussprüfung (Klausur).
• Wer das Zertifikat erwerben möchte, muss zustätzlich nach der Übung “Recherchieren digital mit Forschungsbezug” an einem 30-minütigen Online-Test teilnehmen und diesen bestehen.

Contents of both courses

Course 1: ’Digital research with an academic focus’

Which skills can be acquired in this course?

• Data Literacy: Reflective use of relevant specialised information services, research of distributively stored digital sources, use of digital finding aids in archives, acquisition of knowledge of methods to analyse and critique multimedia sources;
• Digital Literacy, New Work Methods and Practices: Ability to work with open data repositories and virtual research environments; ability to migrate and use open data;
• Digital Responsibility: Reflection on the impact of digital born sources on the historical-critical method; reflection on the consequences for literature supply and indexing within the framework of specialised information services/FID.

Course 2: ‘Research within a digital framework’

Which skills can be acquired in this course?

• Digital Literacy: Knowledge of file formats and metadata models for long-term archiving, networking of sources, research data and object digitalisations, knowledge and application of subject-relevant software for transcription, text analysis, visualisation and statistical evaluation;
• Digital Responsibility Reflective selection of digital problem-solving strategies, critical analysis of potentials, limits and risks of digital applications for analysis, publication and visualisation; reflection on the consequences of digitalisation for research in the historical sciences with regard to research questions and methods;
• New Work Methods and Practices Knowledge of the basics and requirements of digital research data management, ability to sustainably utilise, connect and share research data, and ability to develop new historical research questions.

After finishing both parts of the exam, the participants receive the Certificate II: Digital academic skills focusing on research.