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MADAH students present new open education resources

1 Sep 2025
UCC MA Digital Humanities Student Yonghong Chen presents the Data Loom

University College Cork has launched two new Open Educational Resources (OER) created by MA in Digital Humanities students Kael Mahnken and Yonghong Chen, expanding the university’s growing collection of freely accessible teaching and learning materials.

Chen’s resource, Crafting Stories with Code, Yarn, and Print, introduces learners to the 'Data Loom', an interactive tutorial that transforms structured data into tangible 3D objects for exploration. Mahnken’s tutorials focus on using Adobe InDesign to create professional portfolios. While developed with undergraduates in mind, they offer valuable guidance for a wide audience.

The projects were developed as part of a summer programme funded by the HEA's Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement (SATLE) initiative and led by Stephanie Chen, Learning and Teaching Librarian at UCC. They were formally launched last week at an event opened by Professor Paul McSweeney, Vice-President for Learning and Teaching.

These new resources highlight UCC’s commitment to open research, student-led innovation, and community enrichment.

They are available, along with the full suite of UCC’s OERs, at:
UCC Open Educational Resources

Digital Humanities

Daonnachtaí Digiteacha

Room 2.22, O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork, Ireland

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