Collaborative Technology Enhanced Course
Course Example
Dr. Laurie MacDiarmid's Advanced Seminar in Creative Writing and Contempary Literature
Content of the Class
Students critique each other’s fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction, and study the works of contemporary writers and poets. The class includes individual tutorial sessions. Students are expected to complete a course portfolio of selected original works.
ENGAGEMENT
Choose Your Own Adventure Syllabus
On the first day of the class, students picked their projects for the semester. Dr. MacDiarmid set the framework for the class and allowed students to decide what they wanted to experience in the class.
TECHNOLOGY
Google Drive
Students shared a Google Folder with each other, allowing them to dive deeper into the critique of a piece and allow them to think more critically.
Complete Discussion
Professor
Dr. Laurie MacDiarmid
Student
Katie Hopkins
Coursework Examples
"Choose Your Own Adventure Syllabus"
On the first day of Dr. MacDiarmid’s class, her students chose what projects they wanted to complete and how they wanted to learn for the semester. Through that first day, the students created the framework of their class for the semester. Click the original and final syllabus to see what they chose!
Public Goodreads Reviews
The students in the class decided that in response to their readings they would post public reviews on either GoodReads or their own blog. You can find two student reviews below. Click their name or the image to read the full reviews.
