During the ILiADS Institute & Conference

2. Oral History in the Liberal Arts is a
collaborative of GLCA faculty,
instructional technologists, and
librarians using oral history and digital
storytelling for community-based and
archives-informed learning.
THE TEAM
ALLEGHENY | ANTIOCH | DENISON | DEPAUW | HOPE |
KALAMAZOO | KENYON | PLUS YOU!

3. MISSION
OHLA aims to promote alternative
approaches to pedagogy and learning by
creating ‘High Impact Practice’
frameworks that animate liberal arts
learning outcomes in small teaching-
focused colleges.

5. We will develop and publish an online
resource hub for oral history and digital
scholarship/storytelling.
This resource hub will be bursting with
pedagogical content focused on the
practice, the analysis, and the
publishing aspects of oral history and
digital storytelling.
RESOURCE HUB

6. Practice— pedagogy for engaging in
community
• Synthesizing best practices for oral
history inquiry in higher education
• Articulating the nuances of copyright,
FERPA, IRB, and related student
privacy laws
• Sharing curricula and case studies;
project planning resources
RESOURCE HUB

7. Analysis— pedagogy for building,
exploring, & excavating the archive
• Curating tools for visualizing,
indexing, editing and archiving stories
& related media
• Exploring digital tools and algorithms
that allow new questions to be asked
of qualitative data
RESOURCE HUB

8. Publication— pedagogy for impactful
storytelling
• Champion faculty review criteria that
recognizes new forms of scholarly
publishing
• Curate pathways through hyperlinked
archival collections and experiment
with new forms of digital storytelling
RESOURCE HUB

9. OHLA digital initiatives librarians &
instructional technologists will catalyze
conversations on GLCA campuses while
establishing proven workflows and
streamlining collaborative/iterative
processes.
We’re creating rich archives, and
learning modules to help us work within
them.
REPOSITORY OPTIONS
& WORKFLOWS

10. We can provide micro-funding for:
• demonstration project teams with a
curricular tie
• student-driven oral history research
• authorship of case studies describing
exemplary models for GLCA-affiliated
faculty and professional staff
MICRO-FUNDING

11. OHLA Directors
Brooke Bryan, Antioch College
bbryan@antiochcollege.org
Ric Sheffield, Kenyon College
sheffier@kenyon.edu
CONTACT