The Digital Liberal Arts Working Group at Ursinus (or DLA@UC) and the DLA Fellows promote conversation between the liberal arts and twenty-first century technologies.
The working group’s purpose is to:
Validate new approaches to teaching and research/scholarly work and bridging the teacher/scholar divide
Expose students more directly to subject areas: experiential in terms of unveiling method & messiness (complexity)
Maintain flexibility in engaging a constantly shifting area
Create a culture of accessibility
Provide training and help students, faculty, and staff acquire necessary tools
Build and expand digital literacy (data management practices)
Introduce/integrate tools into multiple disciplines
Create bridges for genuine interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration
Balance practical and theoretical skills and concerns involved in digital work
Foster student professional development
Promote/make visible contributions across campus
Collaborate with Library/IT to support faculty & student projects
Encourage open source/open access where possible & practical