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Books by Jamie Wood

Rome and Byzantium in the Visigothic Kingdom: Beyond Imitatio Imperii, 2023

This volume interrogates the assumption that Visigothic practices and institutions were mere imit... more This volume interrogates the assumption that Visigothic practices and institutions were mere imitations of the Byzantine empire. Contributors rethink these practices not as uncritical and derivative adoptions of Byzantine customs, but as dynamic processes in dialogue with not only the Byzantine empire but also with the contemporary Iberian context, as well as the Roman past. The goal of the volume is to approach Visigothic customs not as an uncritical adoption and imitatio of contemporary Roman models (an "acculturation" model), but as unique interpretations of a common pool of symbols, practices, and institutions that formed the legacy of Rome. The contributors argue that it is necessary to reconsider the idea of imitatio imperii as a process that involved specific actors taking strategic decisions in historically contingent circumstances.

1. Céline Martin, Visigothic Spain and Byzantium. The story of a special (historiographical) relationship
2. Ian Wood, The development of the Visigothic court in the hagiography of the fifth and sixth centuries
3. Merle Eisenberg, Experiments in Visigothic Rulership: Minting and Monetary Reforms under Alaric II
4. Margarita Vallejo Girvés, A comparison of Roman and Visigothic Approaches towards Exile
5. Cecily Hilsdale, The Roman Jewel in the Visigothic Crown: A Reassessment of the Royal Votive Crowns of the Guarrazar Treasure
6. Damián Fernández, Capitalhood in the Visigothic Kingdom
7. Molly Lester, Making Rite Choices: Roman and Eastern Liturgies in Early Medieval Iberia
8. Erica Buchberger, Ethnicity and Imitatio in Isidore of Seville
9. David Addison, Re-imagining Roman Persecution in the Visigothic Passions
10. Santiago Castellanos, Romanness in Visigothic Hagiography
11. Graham Barrett, Empire and the Politics of Faction: Mérida and Toledo Revisited
12. Jamie Wood, The agents and mechanics of connectivity: The Mediterranean world and the cities of the Guadiana valley in the sixth century
13. Ann Christys, Staying Roman after 711?

Isidore of Seville (560—636) was a crucial figure in the preservation and sharing of classical an... more Isidore of Seville (560—636) was a crucial figure in the preservation and sharing of classical and early Christian knowledge. His compilations of the works of earlier authorities formed an essential part of monastic education for centuries. Due to the vast amount of information he gathered and its wide dissemination in the Middle Ages, Pope John Paul II even named Isidore the patron saint of the Internet in 1997. This volume represents a cross section of the various approaches scholars have taken toward Isidore’s writings. The essays explore his sources, how he selected and arranged them for posterity, and how his legacy was reflected in later generations’ work across the early medieval West. Rich in archival detail, this collection provides a wealth of interdisciplinary expertise on one of history’s greatest intellectuals.

Previous scholarship has interpreted Bishop Isidore of Seville (d. 636) retrospectively as the ar... more Previous scholarship has interpreted Bishop Isidore of Seville (d. 636) retrospectively as the architect of the medieval Spanish church, as the father of Spanish identity, and as a key figure in the transmission of Classical and Patristic learning to the Middle Ages. Drawing on recent studies on identity formation in the early medieval period and an upsurge in interest in late antique Spain, this book examines the historical Isidore as a social actor managing a complex web of responsibilities and relationships. A comparative analysis of Isidore's historical works demonstrates that writing … read moreabout the past was a method for reconciling Visigothic kings, nobles and Spanish bishops in a period of transformation. This results in a fresh portrait of Isidore as motivated, both politically and pastorally, to balance competing interests and ensure the spiritual and material security of the people of Spain.

Papers by Jamie Wood

This webinar was funded by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, thanks to the "Simon ... more This webinar was funded by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, thanks to the "Simon Barton Postgraduate & ECR Conference Prize 2020" awarded to Nerea Fernández Cadenas (https://www.societymedievalmediterranean.com/simon-barton-postgraduate-conference-prize) It has been designed to offer a forum in which scholars can debate and share their experiences about the difficulties and advantages of researching and teaching through Digital Humanities when exploring Medieval Mediterranean History. Moderated by Nerea Fernández Cadenas , speakers were: Dr Jamie Wood: Associate Professor of History at the University of Lincoln. He teaches and researches the social and religious history of late antiquity and the early middle ages, especially of the Iberian Peninsula. He has been using digital tools to teach History for well over a decade. He is especially interested in digital pedagogies that encourage students to engag...

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2009

The past six months have witnessed the development and dissemination of a number of case studies ... more The past six months have witnessed the development and dissemination of a number of case studies of inquiry-based learning (IBL) projects supported and developed by the Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS), a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Sheffield (www.shef.ac.uk/cilass/cases). The cases aim to provide practitioners with accessible, informative and inspiring resources that illustrate ways in which inquiry-based learning is conceptualised, designed and facilitated in different disciplinary contexts. They are intended to communicate something of the experiences of students and staff who have been involved in inquiry-based learning activities at Sheffield.

Networks and Neighbours, 2013

Conference Report: Isidore of Seville: Transforming Knowledge from Scriptorium to Cyberspace

The Catholic Historical Review, 2013

women and Elizabeth kneeling. The detail of hand gestures opens the next chapter, followed by con... more women and Elizabeth kneeling. The detail of hand gestures opens the next chapter, followed by considerations of secondary characters and of the space in which the two women meet.The chapter then turns to the inclusion of the divine: the Trinity and angels. In chapter 5,Velu focuses on her central subject: images of the Visitation that either suggest or actually delineate the unborn children. Efforts to understand these images take her to medieval attitudes toward pregnancy and the embryo, and specifically to the drawings of fetuses in scientific books. A search for origins leads her to ask whether this image was created in the East or the West, which she answers with ideas of interpenetration or entanglement.

Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC), 2022

In large courses it can be particularly challenging to engage students in active reading practice... more In large courses it can be particularly challenging to engage students in active reading practices. The shift over the last decade to the use of digital sources, and during the pandemic the adoption of online teaching, has further exacerbated the problem. In this paper, we discuss our strategies for engaging large classes (150-250 students) in active reading through use of Talis Elevate, a social annotation tool. We outline two case studies in which we used social annotation and observed a significant increase in student engagement. We propose a new concept, 'active online reading' , which combines structured individual commenting tasks with responding to other students' annotations to enhance learning. This concept has relevance not only in our reading-rich discipline of History but also across higher education more generally.

An International Perspective, 2010

A large number of the works of Isidore of Seville were described by the author, by close contempo... more A large number of the works of Isidore of Seville were described by the author, by close contemporaries, or by subsequent users as being written with brevity. This paper seeks to understand why Isidore claimed to be writing with brevity so often and why brevity was such an important feature of writing in Visigothic Spain. Isidore does not have any special primacy on this issue – he was neither the first to claim to be writing briefly nor the first to fail to write briefly, nor was he the first writer to rationalise the brevity claim. But Isidore is interesting for the fact that he thought about brevity in abstract terms and that his thinking on the matter influenced some very near contemporaries. This happy conjunction means that by exploring Isidore’s writings about brevity and those of his successors we can come to a better understanding of the meaning of the common brevity topos in early medieval writing.

International Journal of Regional and Local History, 2015

Al-Masaq, 2015

History-writing has often been preoccupied with the multiple shapes, forms and expressions of vio... more History-writing has often been preoccupied with the multiple shapes, forms and expressions of violence as a subject, while in some cases the rhetorical violence of some kinds of historical writing has been used as an instrument for the cultivation of power and authority. The deeds of great men and their conflicts, as well as divine intervention in the form of retribution and punishment and the moral lessons that could be drawn from such episodes were defining features of historical writing from its earliest days. The transformation of episodes of physical violence in the world into written form, not to mention visual and material representations, has had a formative impact on individual and collective memories and identities throughout history. An exploration of the rhetoric and forms of violence, as applied to different modes and processes of history-writing, can thus help us to understand the narrative and social functions of such a ubiquitous phenomenon. In this special issue of Al-MAsaq, co-edited by Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo and Dr Jamie Wood, these idea are explored in depth within the context of the Medieval Mediterranean.

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, 2014

This paper compares two projects that adopted social bookmarking (SB) technology in different edu... more This paper compares two projects that adopted social bookmarking (SB) technology in different educational contexts at the same institution, a large, research-intensive university in the north of England. The first study used social bookmarking in a multicultural postgraduate class to increase interactivity within the whole class and to produce an archive of course-related online resources to engage potentially isolated students. The second study used social bookmarking to support first year undergraduate students' independent research activities, to facilitate collaboration and to aid the tutor's preparation for seminar classes. The paper provides an outline of the two studies, including a description of the pedagogic approaches adopted in them, developments in the pedagogy over time and evaluative and usage data that were collected. The discussion focuses on five main issues: SB literacy; SB benefits; SB costs and risks; SB pedagogy; and SB alternatives.

Innovations in Higher EducationTeaching and Learning, 2014

Social bookmarking is an online tool that can enable students to develop their skills in finding,... more Social bookmarking is an online tool that can enable students to develop their skills in finding, sharing and (re)organising online information. Research has demonstrated that it has the potential to impact positively on students’ digital literacies – their ability to use the Internet critically to support their learning – and particularly on the kinds of online research skills that are vital to supporting inquiry-based approaches to learning and teaching in history. This chapter provides a detailed overview of how online social bookmarking tools have been used to support the development of students’ digital literacies in history in a number of UK higher education institutions. The general approach which has been adopted is based on constructivist principles and requires students to develop their skills and appreciation of the Internet as a venue for scholarly research in order to strengthen their inquiry skills in preparation for more independent work at higher levels of study. The chapter presents evaluative data that has been collected from students who have used social bookmarking to support inquiry activities within modules and as part of their independent learning activities. We also report staff reflections on the usefulness of social bookmarking to support student learning in history and make some recommendations for the practical application of such tools elsewhere. These include the potential significant impact of social bookmarking on students’ ability to interact productively and creatively with online resources in the course of their learning; the usefulness of the tool in supporting collaborative working and sharing materials; the need to ensure that students receive adequate training in using social bookmarking and that their work receives adequate credit (which will, in turn, increase motivation).

Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences, 2010

This paper reports a comparative study of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) at Undergraduate (UG) and ... more This paper reports a comparative study of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) at Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) levels at a university in the north west of England. Both student cohorts undertook a professional, legal and ethical module centred on IT. This study focuses on how the different student cohorts approached this style of teaching, and how it impacted on overall student engagement throughout the semester. IBL was introduced in the 2009-2010 academic years; to the UG students in the first semester and the PG students in the second semester. Key observations gained from the study were unexpected in that the UG level students fully embraced the IBL approach, they maintained a high attendance level throughout the semester, and all preliminary and formative assessment work/tasks were eagerly completed. Ultimately, this developed students' information literacy skills. PG students enjoyed the in-class IBL activities, but actively avoided module preparation and formative assessment work/tasks, and so minimized their opportunities to develop rich digital literacy skills. This study highlights potential enablers required to employ IBL techniques successfully.

Al-Masaq, 2014

This is an ambitious book that deals effectively with a vast subject that spans a huge geographic... more This is an ambitious book that deals effectively with a vast subject that spans a huge geographical area: Islamic archaeology. Using a series of broadly thematic chapters illustrated through judici...

Rome and Byzantium in the Visigothic Kingdom: Beyond Imitatio Imperii, 2023

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2009

Networks and Neighbours, 2013

Conference Report: Isidore of Seville: Transforming Knowledge from Scriptorium to Cyberspace

The Catholic Historical Review, 2013

Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC), 2022

An International Perspective, 2010

International Journal of Regional and Local History, 2015

Al-Masaq, 2015

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, 2014

Innovations in Higher EducationTeaching and Learning, 2014

Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences, 2010

Al-Masaq, 2014

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2009

With the inception of Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs), the demand for lea... more With the inception of Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs), the demand for learning developers has increased in many institutions across the UK. Operating largely in small teams, yet within the remit of facilitating large-scale institutional change, CETLs often find themselves outside established institutional structures, with developers fulfilling newly defined roles and responsibilities. This short paper focuses on the way learning development support has been integrated in one particular CETL, in order to explore issues, challenges and experiences that are part of the role.

Nottingham Medieval Studies

Recent research has emphasized the importance of different kinds of ‘central places’ in the artic... more Recent research has emphasized the importance of different kinds of ‘central places’ in the articulation of power in the Iberian Peninsula across the late antique and early medieval periods. Such sites were a focus of political, social and economic activity at a local level, also serving to integrate their regions into broader systems such as the emerging Visigothic kingdom and networks of taxation and trade. This article relates central place theory to the study of the highlands of Granada in the sixth century – a period and place with minimal documentary and literary evidence – in order to understand developments in the organization and defence of the territory in the context of conflicts between Visigoths and Byzantines. Particular emphasis is placed on the control of the communications network the exploitation of the best agricultural land, mining and the likely agency of local elites.

History Compass, 2016

Since the fall of the Visigothic kingdom in 711, analysis of its history has been tied to contemp... more Since the fall of the Visigothic kingdom in 711, analysis of its history has been tied to contemporary Spanish politics. Political and economic developments in Spain since the 1970s have driven research into the late antique and early medieval period. Most notably, archaeological evidence has come to play a much more prominent role in analyses of the Visigothic period in Spain. This article synthesises archaeological and historical research from the past 20 years. It draws on recent developments in urban and rural archaeology in order to examine key avenues of research on the period: the negotiated nature of power, post-Roman identity politics, and law and literacy. In recent decades, there has been a burgeoning interest in the study of late antique and early medieval Spanish history. A number of factors have contributed to this development: the collapse of the Franco regime and its teleological and single-purpose historiographical discourse, a higher degree of collaboration between Spanish and non-Spanish scholars, which has broken the 'language barrier' that in the past hindered interactions between Spanish academia and other scholarly traditions 1 and the large amount of material obtained from the boom in commercial archaeology in the 1990s and early 2000s. The main objective of this article is to sketch brief ly some of the current themes in Visigothic studies, from historical and archaeological perspectives, citing many of the main scholars, publications and research projects of the past 20 years (since 1995). Although traditional scholarship has traced the origins of Spain to the Visigothic period, current approaches to the topic generally seek to move away from this monolithic view. Key trends in this movement away from this singular vision of the Visigothic period are the creation and interaction of central and local powers (and the methodologies by which these can be identified), the nature of power relationships and identity (or, more accurately, identities). The breakdown of the Roman system is the key starting point for understanding a Visigothic period (mid-fifth to early eighth century) characterised by the emergence of a series of new power structures and relationships. Historical studies of the Visigothic period in Spain have traditionally been framed in terms of binaries of power. The dominant paradigms were of underlying tension often exploding into open conf lict between royalty and aristocracy, between church and state, between Goths and Romans and between Nicene ('Catholic', 'orthodox') Christians and all kinds of 'deviant' groups (Jews, 'Arians'). These oppositions used to dominate conceptualisations of the Spanish political, social and religious landscape after the end of the Western Roman Empire and, more recently, scholarship has begun to reveal, are the result of scholars' uncritical acceptance of royal and ecclesiastical sources written from a 'centre-ist' perspective. 2 Churchmen such as Isidore of Seville, the seventh century bishops of Toledo and the Visigothic royal laws present power and decision-making as highly centralised, both historically and in contemporary politics and society. 3 This centre-ist narrative has affected traditional approaches to the material culture of the Visigothic period deeply. Art-historical approaches dominated studies of the material culture of the

Presentation from third workshop of the New Techniques and Technologies for Text-Based Discipline... more Presentation from third workshop of the New Techniques and Technologies for Text-Based Disciplines coaching programme at the University of Mainz (https://coachingmainz.wikispaces.com/Homepage), 10th April 2014.

Presentation from second workshop of the New Techniques and Technologies for Text-Based Disciplin... more Presentation from second workshop of the New Techniques and Technologies for Text-Based Disciplines coaching programme at the University of Mainz (https://coachingmainz.wikispaces.com/Homepage), 18th March 2014.

Presentation from first workshop of the New Techniques and Technologies for Text-Based Discipline... more Presentation from first workshop of the New Techniques and Technologies for Text-Based Disciplines coaching programme at the University of Mainz (https://coachingmainz.wikispaces.com/Homepage), 26th February 2014.

"Links to various presentations, lecture slides and other materials that I've uploaded to slidesh... more "Links to various presentations, lecture slides and other materials that I've uploaded to slideshare, from modules such as:
- The Rise of Christianity
- The Later Roman Empire
- The World of Late Antiquity"

[academia.edu not allowing links to be uploaded at the moment so take a look here - http://www.slideshare.net/woodjamie/]

NOTE: the vuvox service is no longer operational so this presentation cannot be viewed anymore, u... more NOTE: the vuvox service is no longer operational so this presentation cannot be viewed anymore, unfortunately.

Maurice, Strategikon 1.6.(10): ͚If anyone causes injury to a taxpayer and refuses to make compens... more Maurice, Strategikon 1.6.(10): ͚If anyone causes injury to a taxpayer and refuses to make compensation, he shall repay double the amount of the damage.͛

PowerPoint presentation from presentation at Religions and Theology research seminar at the Unive... more PowerPoint presentation from presentation at Religions and Theology research seminar at the University of Manchester in February 2011.

Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean, 2015

Review of Jonathan Conant, Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, ... more Review of Jonathan Conant, Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439-700 [Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series, volume LXXXII] (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) - ISBN 9780521196970

Review of Peter Darby's Bede and the End of Time, Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland (... more Review of Peter Darby's Bede and the End of Time, Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland (Farnham: Ashgate, 2012), 276 pp. ISBN: 978-1409430483.

Latomus 73.4 (2014), pp. 1144-1145, 2014

Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean 26.3 (2014): 321-323, Dec 15, 2014

Latomus 70.4 (2011), pp. 1153-1155, 2011

Latomus 67.3 (2008), pp. 864-866, 2008

Latomus 72.4, pp. 1168-1170, 2013

The Classical Review 64.1, pp. 168-169, 2014

University of Lincoln

Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean 26.1, 113-115, Mar 3, 2014

Medium Aevum, 78.1, 161-162, 2009

Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.08.51, 2010

Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean, 2013

Networks and Neighbours, 2013

Book Reviewed: Luca Larpi, Prologomena to a new edition of Gildas Sapiens «De excidio Britanniae»... more Book Reviewed: Luca Larpi, Prologomena to a new edition of Gildas Sapiens «De excidio Britanniae» [Opusculi Seconda Serie 8] (Firenze: Edizione del Galluzzo per la Fondazione Ezio Franceschini, 2012): pp. 165 + x; ISBN 978-88-8450-458-6; 32 Euros.

The Medieval Review, Feb 3, 2010

Latomus 69.1, pp. 276-278, 2010

Latomus, 68.3, pp. 520-522, 2009

The Classical Review, 59.1, pp. 171-173, 2009

The Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2008

European Review of History 14.1, pp. 112-113; 114-115, 2007

Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 84.2, p. 247, 2007

“Histories of peoples are no impediment to those who wish to read useful works, for many wise peo... more “Histories of peoples are no impediment to those who wish to read useful works, for many wise people have imparted the past deeds of humankind in histories for the instruction of the living.” (Isidore of Seville, Etymologies, 1.43)

As so often in his works, when writing these words in the early seventh-century, Isidore of Seville, a Spanish bishop, was drawing on a tradition that stretched back into classical antiquity: historical-writing was an appropriate medium for moral instruction and edification. Yet despite widespread scholarly recognition that this was an important feature of classical and late antique historiography, surprisingly little work has been done on the educational uses of historical writing. How was the relationship between history and education expressed in actual instructional contexts, if at all?

This paper begins with a short survey of the relatively well-studied literary connection between history and education. I then examine evidence for the practical use of ancient and late antique histories in educational settings in order to establish the possible social meanings of the literary association between the writing of history and the edification of audience members.
Areas to be explored include:
(1) The presence of ancient/ late antique works of history in:
a. Educational handbooks/ advice texts
b. Biographical and autobiographical accounts of teachers
c. In school exercises, such as model declamations, including in manuscripts/ papyri
(2) Evidence for actual educational uses of historical works, for example:
a. annotation of manuscripts;
b. copying of histories into historical (or non-historical) instructional compendia.

In order to limit the scope of my paper, I will not address references to historical writings in contexts of religious instruction, such as preaching (e.g. homilies, catechesis). Nor will I examine the educational reception of Christian works of history.

This paper examines how the historians of Visigothic Spain varied their conversion narratives as ... more This paper examines how the historians of Visigothic Spain varied their conversion narratives as part of a polemical strategy aimed at asserting the superiority of the Visigoths over their all other peoples. John of Biclarum and Leander of Seville offer detailed contemporary accounts of the conversion of the Visigoths from Arianism to Catholicism in 589. Thirty years after the conversion, Isidore of Seville drew on their accounts in his own historical works, augmenting and paralleling them with an array of narratives of conversion of other peoples (Romans, Vandals, Sueves, Jews). Through this reconfiguration, the conversion of the Visigoths and of other peoples became key signifiers of the religious and political pre-eminence of the seventh century Visigothic kingdom.

"The role of rich media environments, virtual learning environments, and emerging technologies su... more "The role of rich media environments, virtual learning environments, and emerging technologies such as YouTube, wikis, and podcasting, for student engagement is fast becoming a hot topic in the science of teaching. Whilst we acknowledge that the current generation is amassing untold virtual working skills there are still deficiencies in certain skill-sets that need identifying and subsequently addressing. We argue that individuals require advanced digital and information literacy skills in order to navigate through the mounting mass of information available; they require key skills to situate, evaluate and critically analyse pertinent data for both work and play. According to the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, “information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner” (CILIP, 2004). In a digital world information literacy requires students in all disciplines to utilise a range of technologies at all stages of the research process.

Students entering HE are often assumed to have high levels of digital literacy, based on their frequent use of technology in previous educational settings and social contexts. However, their knowledge and understanding of how technologies can be effectively employed to support their learning is in practice superficial, both at UG and PG levels (where predominantly International cohorts may have even more widely differing previous experience). A number of studies have shown that learning technologies can be highly effective in supporting the development of students’ information literacy capabilities and consequently their engagement in IBL (Wood and Ryan, 2010; Minocha, 2009; Patrick, 2008). We, as educators and researchers, suggest a collaborative knowledge-building pedagogical framework that draws together Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) with authentic teaching methods. Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a student-centred and active form of learning which engages students, individually and collaboratively, in self-directed research into the subject matter and problems of their academic and professional disciplines (Kahn & O’Rourke, 2004). Due to the centrality of the research process – searching, finding, evaluating, using and communicating information – to IBL pedagogy, particular attention is often given to the development of students’ information literacy (IL) competencies (McKinney and Levy, 2006). This workshop will utilise IBL techniques to demonstrate how the pedagogy can be effectively applied in a range of disciplines.

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Minocha, S. (2009). A Study on the Effective Use of Social Software by Further and Higher Education in the UK to Support Student Learning and Engagement. JISC Learning and Teaching Committee; The E-learning Programme [available online at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/projects/effective-use-of-social-software-in-education-casestudies.pdf; accessed 23.09.2010].
Patrick, M. (2008). “Fostering Effective and Appropriate Use of Online Resources: (Or: How Do We Stop Students Copying Their Essays From Wikipedia?)”. Discourse, 8 (1), 99-111.
Wood, J. and Ryan, M. (2010), ‘Constructing disciplinary inquiry communities through Web 2.0’, Critical Design and Effective Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education, R. Donnelly, J. Harvey and K. C. O'Rourke, eds. (Hershey, PA: IGI Global), 195-211. "

Social bookmarking (SB) services are potentially useful for sharing Internet resources between gr... more Social bookmarking (SB) services are potentially useful for sharing Internet resources between groups of students. The social aspect of SB means that students can be encouraged to engage in both individual and collaborative research and the ability to share bookmarks, to annotate and (re)organise information, and to comment on each other’s work, raising the possibility of the collective discovery and construction of disciplinary knowledge by students in collaboration with each other and the tutor. There have been a number of instances of their use in learning contexts (Grieco, 2007; Taibi et al., 2007; Puspitasari et al., 2007 & Saeed and Yang, 2008). However, more studies are needed to explain how this technology can be adopted in different educational contexts.

This paper compares two projects that adopted SB technology in different educational contexts at the same institution, a large, research-intensive university in the north of England. Questionnaires, interviews and action research were the main research methods used in those two studies. The two studies are as follows:
• The first project was conducted with a group of mostly international postgraduate taught students in the Department of Information Studies. The study was divided into two stages: in the first stage students had the choice of using the SB tool, Diigo (www.diigo.com) which was introduced to them through one practical session at the beginning of the semester. The majority of students joined the group created by the researcher. However most of them were only passive users, or “lurkers”. Accordingly, social bookmarking adoption was modified in the second study by integrating it further into the module by using it in teaching sessions and making its use part of assessed work. Students’ use of SB was not as expected. Many factors were found to be restraining the students’ effective use of the tool.
• The second study involved two first year seminars in the History Department. Students were asked to engage in weekly unassessed activities on diigo, including: locating and bookmarking online resources (primary and secondary sources), adding highlights and sticky-notes and then posting a question based on their research to the discussion forum in Diigo. The resources, questions and other information in Diigo then fed into discussions and activities in the seminars.

The paper draws the following conclusions which have emerged across the two studies:
• SB literacy. The lack of knowledge of how to use social bookmarking was found to be a barrier preventing students from effectively using it in their learning. Contrary to the impression given by apologists for web2.0, many social software sites are not understood by young people. Based on applying the use of the tool in two different contexts (undergraduate – postgraduate) and different categories of students (international – British), we suggest that in order for students to use such a new technology, teachers need to fully explain how and why to use such a technology before incorporating it into module assignments.
• SB costs and risks. As identified by University of Edinburgh (2008) reliance on third party sites in teaching incurs a number of costs and risks, as addition to the cost of training students in their use, such as time organizing authentication, intrusive advertising and lack of control over functionality.
• SB pedagogy. Adopting an appropriate teaching pedagogy, such as inquiry-based learning (IBL), as in the second study, was found to be effective in terms of motivating students to use the tool effectively in their learning.
• SB alternatives. The use of other technologies was found to be inhibiting students’ use of SB technology in the classroom. This was partly because students had other tools that enabled them to easily manage and share bookmarks.

Handout from presentation given at Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium, 16th July 2010, ... more Handout from presentation given at Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium, 16th July 2010, University of Cambridge

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Networks and Neighbours, 2013

Jamie Wood's review of Luca Larpi, Prologomena to a new edition of Gildas Sapiens «De excidio Bri... more Jamie Wood's review of Luca Larpi, Prologomena to a new edition of Gildas Sapiens «De excidio Britanniae» [Opusculi Seconda Serie 8] (Firenze: Edizione del Galluzzo per la Fondazione Ezio Franceschini, 2012): pp. 165 + x; ISBN 978-88-8450-458-6.

Networks and Neighbours, 2013

CYBERSPACE Isidore of Seville (d. 636 AD) is a crucial figure in the selection, preservation and ... more CYBERSPACE Isidore of Seville (d. 636 AD) is a crucial figure in the selection, preservation and propagation of Classical and Patristic learning. He put such learning to varied use in his own day, in the process ensuring that it could be made useful for future generations. Because of the depth of what he preserved and the breadth of its diffusion, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Isidore the patron saint of the Internet in 1997. This one-day symposium was held at the Spanish cultural centre, the Instituto Cervantes (http://manchester.cervantes.es/en/default.shtm) on Deansgate in Manchester, UK on Thursday 18 th April 2013. We'd been working on the social, cultural and religious history of late antique Spain for the past few years and had been thinking about putting on a symposium on Isidore for a couple of years. Last year we started to think about this a bit more seriously and realised that 96 MICHAEL KELLY, JAMIE WOOD & ANDREW FEAR Networks and Neighbours

Networks and Neighbours, 2015

Jamie Wood, Review of Peter Darby, Bede and the End of Time, Studies in Early Medieval Britain an... more Jamie Wood, Review of Peter Darby, Bede and the End of Time, Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland (Farnham: Ashgate, 2012), 276 PP. ISBN: 978-1409430483. -Networks and Neighbours 3.1 (2015): 80-82.

Visigothic Symposia, 2018

The articles in section 1 of the second Visigothic Symposium interpreted the theme of "space" in ... more The articles in section 1 of the second Visigothic Symposium interpreted the theme of "space" in rather different -but related and highly stimulating -ways. Many scholars, including myself, have approached Visigothic Iberia by focusing on the relationship between the royal and ecclesiastical centre and regional peripheries. 1 For example, Santiago Castellanos explored the role of taxation in harnessing regional elites to the royal government in Toledo. 2 By legitimating local leadership groups through the dispensation of offices and the right to collect taxes, the kings were able to connect them more effectively into the kingdom. Several of the sources examined in our articles inform us about the relationship between the royal centre and regional peripheries (e.g. Amorós Ruiz et al.; Frighetto), as well as between more regional or local centres and their subordinates (e.g. Martin; Arias). Céline Martin, in particular, points out the "nested" nature of Valerius of Bierzo's vision of the spaces that he inhabited in the second half of the seventh century -from the episcopal city of Astorga to "the smaller patria of his religious life, the Bierzo" (Martin, 74).

Visigothic Symposia, 2017

This essay explores how writers on monasticism from the Visigothic period in Iberia (mainly the s... more This essay explores how writers on monasticism from the Visigothic period in Iberia (mainly the seventh century) conceived of the relationship between ascetic formation and the spatial organization of their communities. It suggests that, in addition to articulating a strong sense of opposition between the monastery and 'the world', writers such as Isidore of Seville and Fructuosus of Braga devised strategies for managing interaction between the monastery and its surroundings. They also had a good sense of how space might be organized within the monastery to further the ascetic formation of the monks and nuns as members of a community. Finally, I suggest that writings about ascetic formation provide interesting models for thinking more generally about processes of identity formulation and dissemination in late antiquity and the early medieval period.

Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity Workshop Rome, Byzantium, and the Visigothic Kingdom of... more Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity
Workshop
Rome, Byzantium, and the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo: Imitation, Reinvention, or Strategic Adoption?
3-4 May 2019
Scheide Caldwell House, Room 209
Cosponsored by: Center for Collaborative History, Program in the Ancient World, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies
Princeton University

Internationale Tagung des Arbeitsbereichs Alte Geschichte des Historischen Seminars der Universit... more Internationale Tagung des Arbeitsbereichs Alte Geschichte des Historischen Seminars der Universität Hamburg und Departamento de História de Campos, Universidade Federal Fluminense vom 25.-27.10.2018 im Warburg-Haus, Heilwigstr. 116, D-20249 Hamburg

Historiography and Identity II: Post-Roman Multiplicity and New Political Identities, edited by Gerda Heydemann and Helmut Reimitz, 2020