New Media Didactics

Computers connected to the Internet in classrooms are now taken for granted in the West and a high-priority goal in other parts of the world. I help both teachers and students maximize the advantages offered by new media while making them aware of their pitfalls. Among other things I

• advise schools [primary, secondary & universities] on new media approaches and policies;
• offer workshops to teachers on new media didactics;
• train pupils and students on new media literacy and critical research skills.

Some of my publications:

• Nyirubugara, Olivier, Surfing the Past: Digital learners in the history class (Leiden: Sidestone, 2012).
• Nyirubugara, Olivier,  ‘Gedigitaliseerd maar onderbenut: Erfgoed-websites en hun gebruik in het geschiedenisonderwijs’, Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis 14-2. (December 2011).
• Nyirubugara, Olivier, ‘ “Everything About the Past”: Wikipedia and History Education’, in Ciastellardi, Matteo, Miranda de Almeida, Cristina & Scolari, Carlos (eds.), McLuhan Galaxy Conference Understanding Media Today (Barcelona: Universidad Oberta de Catalunya, 2011), pp. 130–141.
• Nyirubugara, Olivier, ‘Clickable Memories: Hyperlinking and Memory Contextualisation’, in Maj, Anna & Riha, Daniel (eds.) Digital Memories: Exploring Critical Issues (Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010), pp. 51-60.