The Nordic Digital Culture Network is a Nordplus Higher Education network linking academic programs focused on digital culture in the Nordic Countries, dedicated to providing cross-institutional international exchange opportunities to students.
We live in a society in which digital technologies have become increasingly integrated into modes of communication and cultural production. Digital cultural studies has emerged in response to these innovations. The Nordic Digital Culture network focuses on the manifestation of digital culture within the context of the arts and humanities. By linking together digital culture programs from the Nordic and Baltic region, the Digital Culture Network facilitates curriculum development, student and faculty exchanges, and innovative teaching ideas and best practices. Students studying in the programs in the network will benefit from increased student and teacher mobility and enhanced opportunities for study. All the programs in the network are leaders in the field of digital culture in their respective countries. However because this academic field is still developing, each of the programs will benefit from collaboration. Network participants will facilitate student and faculty exchange ranging from express visits to semester or yearlong exchanges, joint programs and master's degrees. This network will provide the Nordic region with a cohesive leadership profile in digital culture studies. The cooperative effort of the network will not only strengthen the individual programs, it will also make more visible the rich opportunities for studying digital culture in the Nordic countries.
Nordic Digital Culture Network Launched, Faculty Exchanges Initiated in Fall 2009
Fri, 09/18/2009 - 12:08 — ndcadminThe Nordic Digital Culture Network launches its activities in Fall 2009, with a series of faculty exchanges between partner institutions. Erasmus-funded faculty exchanges will take place in the Fall and Spring semesters of 2009-2010 between the University of Bergen, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the University of Jyväskylä, and the IT University of Copenhagen. "This is a key aspect of the Nordic digital culture network we have been planning for the past year," said network coordinator Scott Rettberg of the University of Bergen. "We are harnessing the specific expertise of faculty from the across the network in individual teaching modules of courses at all of the network institutions. Additionally, we are learning from each other as we discuss different curricula and approaches within the emerging field of digital culture. Students at all of the partner institutions will benefit from the exchange of ideas and best practices the network will facilitate." Faculty exchanges will be an ongoing feature of the digital culture network. Network participants are also developing plans to facilitate student exchanges, to share resources and collaborate on bringing in international lecturers, to share subject-specific teaching methods and strategies in pedagogical workshops and to create joint courses in coming years.
