Conference presentation
Blended Learning in Creative Writing
2013 Learning & Teaching Week Program Booklet, p.14
Learning & Teaching Week, 2013 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 26-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
University of the Sunshine Coast
2013
Abstract
Courses at USC offer face-to-face instruction for creative writing, but students have often spontaneously added an informal blended learning component to this by initiating online writing workshops, where they submit and critique each other's creative work. I have facilitated this activity in each course I teach using Blackboard's discussion board. Students in SETAC evaluations are now calling for a more active and class wide participation in this activity as part of their coursework as they say it benefits them in their assignments. In this short presentation I wish to show how students (used to Facebook, blogging etc.) take naturally to this activity, and argue that is needs to be incorporated more comprehensively in our courses in order to create community, prevent attrition and improve collaborative learning.
Details
- Title
- Blended Learning in Creative Writing
- Authors
- Paul A Williams (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- 2013 Learning & Teaching Week Program Booklet, p.14
- Conference details
- Learning & Teaching Week, 2013 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 26-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2013
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449481302621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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