Could digital humanities to undergraduates could boost information literacy?

I think they mean “Teaching digital humanities to undergraduates could boost…”

Pedagogically, undergraduate forays into the digital humanities need not be as complete or ambitious as building formal archives and discovery tools from scratch, the panelists said. Rather, the point is to spur students to “think critically and differently” about digital gateways and to “encourage new forms of close reading, knowledge production and interpretation” in the context of the modern information landscape, said McGrane. A peek behind the curtain, she said, can go a long way toward inculcating a healthy appreciation for the soft power of information gatekeepers and the instruments they use to exercise it. —Could digital humanities to undergraduates could boost information literacy? | Inside Higher Ed.

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