{"id":4590,"date":"2023-04-13T13:18:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4590"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:18:24","slug":"new-ready-to-use-learning-and-teaching-resources-from-eebo-ecco-and-bl-19th-century-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4590","title":{"rendered":"New ready-to-use learning and teaching resources from EEBO, ECCO, and BL 19th-Century Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Historical Texts, which gives digital access to EEBO, ECCO, the UK Medical Heritage Library, and the BL 19<sup>th<\/sup>-Century Collections, has launched a new set of resources that you let you bring primary sources directly into your classroom. These are suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students. You can access the prototype resources via our brand new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk\/landt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learning and teaching landing page<\/a>&nbsp;or the Historical Texts home page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2>What\u2019s on offer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Free, ready-to-use activities, assessments, and full seminar plans<\/li><li>Downloadable, accessible PowerPoint presentations<\/li><li>Guidance and ideas for creating innovative assessments, including creative writing<\/li><li>\u201cRe-mix\u201d and sample the material for your own purposes (CC-BY-NC)<\/li><li>Provides a means to engage students with primary materials and to improve searching skills<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Do I have to be a Historical Texts subscriber to access these resources?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No! These resources are free and open access, although some resources do contain links to subscriber-only content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2>Who created the resources and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspiration for this project has come from academics within Jisc member institutions. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk\/editorialboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Editorial Board<\/a>&nbsp;of five academics from institutions across the UK has directed the project from the start and created the prototype set of content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of us access EEBO, ECCO, and the other collections on Historical Texts for research purposes\u2014but these resources can help you engage with the material in different ways, making new and more creative uses of the vast, rich range of material available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2>Want to get involved?\u2014we\u2019d love to have you!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have created a distribution list for anyone who wants updates on this project as it progresses: please do sign up here to receive update emails and news:<a href=\"https:\/\/jisc.onlinesurveys.ac.uk\/historical-texts-learning-and-teaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/jisc.onlinesurveys.ac.uk\/historical-texts-learning-and-teaching<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, if you just want to let us know what you think of the resources, you can contact us via the Jisc&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:historicaltexts@jisc.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helpdesk<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical Texts, which gives digital access to EEBO, ECCO, the UK Medical Heritage Library, and the BL 19th-Century Collections, has launched a new set of resources that you let you&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4590\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[87,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4591,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590\/revisions\/4591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}