Explanatory Annotation helps open up a text to the reader and, concurrently, leaves open the choice as to the kind of information s/he wishes to access. It is both a teaching and learning tool: annotating texts together in class or a peer-project as a collaborative activity, and working with annotations to learn more about a text.
Angelika Zirker, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
Articles written in the context of the 15th International Connotations Symposium on “Understanding (Through) Annotations” (Tübingen, July 28 – August 1, 2019) will be published in a special issue of […]
A contribution on classroom activities based on TEASys with regard to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43 is now included in the Digital English handbook, an evolving, open-access handbook aimed at university teachers […]
A special issue of the International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing on explanatory annotation (ed. Angelika Zirker and Matthias Bauer) has been published in October 2017 . We would […]
An article by Matthias Bauer and Angelika Zirker on literary annotation and its new possibilities in the Digital Humanities (including the origins of the research project that led up to […]
After a temporary hiatus, the Digital Annotation Newsletter returns, providing an update on TEASys (Tübingen Explanatory Annotation System), together with a digest of news and opportunities in the field of […]
Our now quarterly newsletter coincides with the change of seasons, and is being composed to a soundtrack of summer storms. This is not the only seasonal change afoot. No, we’re […]
Spring is here, and with it birdsong, blossom and even the occasional balmy day. The clocks have sprung forward, the days are getting longer, and we can look forward to […]