Research project
Transkribus in Education: Developing Digital Literacy with Historical Sources
In this project, researchers and lecturers from LUCAS, ICLON and UBL join forces to publish expertise and experience in the field of machine learning and AI as open learning materials for secondary education.
- Duration
- 2025 - 2026
- Contact
- Alma Kuijpers
- Funding
- Kiem grant (Universiteit Leiden)
Researchers
- dr. Bram Caers (FGW/LUCAS)
- dr.ir. Alma Kuijpers (ICLON)
- Nick Tomberge MA (ICLON)
- dr. Peter Verhaar (UBL/CDS)
The use of AI and machine learning has increased dramatically in recent years. But in order to deal critically and (self-)consciously with the possibilities of digital technology, you need to have knowledge and understanding of the underlying principles and operation.
In this project, researchers and lecturers from LUCAS, ICLON and UBL join forces to publish expertise and experience in the field of machine learning and AI as open learning materials for secondary education. Through Transkribus, a user-friendly platform for Handwritten Text Recognition that runs on machine learning, pupils and students gain access to authentic sources and manuscripts from Leiden University Libraries. In addition, Transkribus offers an opportunity to combine history and language subjects with computer science in the form of machine learning and AI.
In a professional learning community (PLC), interested researchers and lecturers from Leiden University, ogether with teachers from secondary education, develop assignments for the application of Transkribus in secondary education. The results of this PLC will be edited and published as open educational material for secondary and university education.