Word Vectors for the Thoughtful Humanist
Northeastern University
May 24–28, 2021
Sarah Connell, Julia Flanders, Syd Bauman, Laura Johnson
Digital Scholarship Group, Northeastern University Libraries
Schedule
― Monday, 24 May ―
| Session 1 |
12:30–2:00 |
Welcome, introduction and scoping (slides:
HTML,
TEI, notes) |
| Session 2 |
2:00–2:45 |
Project showcase (slides:
HTML,
TEI,
notes) |
|
2:45–3:00 |
break |
| Session 3 |
3:00–4:30 |
A deeper look at core concepts and terms, part 1 (slides:
HTML,
TEI,
notes) |
| Homework |
|
Reread the sample curricular materials, and think of one or two learning goals for word embeddings in your course or classroom |
― Tuesday, 25 May ―
| Pre-session |
11:00–12:00 |
Downloading R and RStudio (optional but recommended!) (Slide: HTML) |
| Session 4 |
12:30–2:00 |
A deeper look at core concepts and terms, part 2 (slides:
HTML,
TEI,
notes) |
|
2:00–2:15 |
break |
| Session 5 |
2:15–4:00 |
Walkthrough and group hands-on practice (Slide: HTML) |
| Office hours |
4:00–4:30 |
Stick around if you have questions! |
| Homework |
|
Reread the sample curricular materials, and think of one or two learning goals for word embeddings in your course or classroom |
― Wednesday, 26 May ―
| Pre-session |
11:00–12:00 |
Downloading R and RStudio (optional but recommended!) (Slide: HTML) |
| Session 6 |
12:30–1:30 |
Group discussion and hands-on work on assignments (Slide: HTML) |
| Session 7 |
1:30–2:15 |
Reporting and full-group discussion |
|
2:15–2:30 |
break |
| Session 8 |
2:30–4:00 |
Hands-on work in pairs, full-group discussion (Slide: HTML) |
| Office hours |
4:00–4:30 |
Stick around if you have questions! |
| Homework |
|
Review the new assignment ideas |
― Thursday, 27 May ―
| Session 9 |
12:30–1:45 |
Process, part 1: Corpus and data preparation (slides:
HTML,
TEI,
notes) |
| Session 10 |
1:45–2:15 |
Hands-on treasure hunt (Slide: HTML)
|
|
2:15–2:30 |
break |
| Session 11 |
2:30–4:00 |
Process, part 2: Parameters, validation, and TEI processing (slides:
HTML,
TEI,
notes) |
| Session 12 |
4:00–4:30 |
Full group hands-on treasure hunt (Slide: HTML)
|
| Homework |
|
Review the new assignment ideas, and think about the implications of what we covered today, for assignment design and teaching |
― Friday, 28 May ―
| Session 13 |
12:30–1:45 |
Full-group discussion followed by small-group work on curricular materials (Slide: HTML) |
| Session 14 |
1:45–2:30 |
Small-group testing and discussion of learning goals and assignments (Slide: HTML) |
|
2:30–2:45 |
break |
| Session 15 |
2:45–4:00 |
Full-group discussion and reporting on learning goals and assignments |
| Wrap-up |
4:00–4:30 |
Wrap-up and next steps (slides:
HTML,
TEI) |
This workshop was originally scheduled for 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic.
Resources
Readings, checklists, and notes from our event
Women Writers Vector Toolkit
Seminar Sandbox
Model training walkthroughs
Materials for Download
The resource page has links to all the slide sets
(whether used in this seminar or not), interesting web sites we may have shown, and
useful TEI links
