Western Civilization Webography Project
Mills Kelly (George Mason University) describes the "Western Civilization Webography Project" in the following excerpt from his presentation abstract at the International Society for SoTL conference:
"The Western Civilization Webography Project addresses a constant complaint by historians that their students are ill-equipped to find quality websites. Students who use the Project learn how to select and review websites containing historical sources. Already, the Project database contains more than 500 student reviews of websites and later this summer the Project will be made available to teachers at other institutions. In subsequent semesters, a World History and U.S. History version of the project will come online and will be made available for wider use as well. The database offers teachers one tool to address a pressing classroom challenge, but also offers researchers a valuable resource for the SoTL. As the number of entries in the database grows researchers will be able to examine how different students reviewed the same websites in different (or similar) ways, revealing potentially very interesting patterns in student thinking about online resources."
To view and make use of the resources that are publicly available visit the following site:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/webography/search.php