I think this class is going pretty smoothly so far, especially since we are all the guinea pigs. I will have to say that I think adding this course was a major plus for the English Ed. program! I love when learning is relevant (wish I could say the same for some of my other courses)! As requested though, here are a few suggestions for improvement for the future:
- Keep Richardson, throw out Postman (or only require specific excerpts for discussion)
- Smaller groups (2-3 people instead of 6)
- Keep in-class group work time
- Showing different examples really helps (such as digital projects, commercials, ect.)
- Required weekly blog postings- hard to keep up with unless given a topic to explore & write about
- I like the projects so far, although Wikipedia administrators frustrate me!
That is all I can think of right now. Hope it helps!
KL
October 12, 2007 at 2:53 pm
It helps! Thank you.
dc
October 17, 2007 at 11:32 am
Kim,
Your critique is right-on. Especially the suggestion for mandatory blog posts, Postman’s book, and the group sizes.
I would recommend this class to anyone, Eng Ed. major or not, who wants to get up to speed on the way the online communication juggernaut is developing.