The Aeneid – Classics in Motion
Channel: Classics in Motion
Date: 2018-07-21

Classics in Motion is a video-podcast series about Greek and Roman literature created by Federico Di Pasqua.

The short format, animated videos feature motion graphics and are designed to provide a smart and audience-friendly narrative. The series covers the most important authors of antiquity so as to offer a comprehensive overview of Classical cultures.

INNOVATIVE: The project translates widely requested content into contemporary platforms like social media.

EFFECTIVE: We live in a time of great visual literacy and the animations facilitate students’ understanding and memorization.

INCLUSIVE: The videos will be freely available on YouTube. This way, it will popularize a subject like Classics, often considered elitist and idiosyncratic.

The project was granted the NML Dewey Digital Teaching Award, in April 2017; the Teaching and Learning Center Grant, in November 2017; and the Provost’s Digital Innovation Grant, in December 2017.

Classics in Motion by Federico Di Pasqua is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.