RESOURCE: Student-Led Digital Projects in Cultural Heritage Sector Collaborations

“Student-Led Digital Projects in Cultural Heritage Sector Collaborations,” by Katrina Grant (University if Sydney) and Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller (Australian National University), is available open access as a chapter in The Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice (Routledge, 2024). The authors present a multi-year teaching model at the Australian National University in which interdisciplinary student teams build prototype digital projects—games, maps, interactive timelines, XR experiences, and media works—for GLAM partners such as the National Museum of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive, and the British Library. Grounded in constructivist, project-based learning, the chapter details course design, an “authentic activities” framework, and an evaluative matrix that balances ambition, completeness, technical complexity, and public engagement, offering a practical template for low-budget, high-impact collaborations between DH classrooms and cultural heritage institutions.

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