Big Read, Small Groups: Theme-Based Composition and Learning Communities in the Online Classroom
Abstract
This presentation showcases efforts to improve student success in writing by creating a theme-based semester-long journey with connections between readings and assignments in Composition I. Audience members will walk through the construction of a theme-based course, discuss experience with the National Endowment for the Arts “The Big Read” texts as first-year novels, and explore the challenges of conducting discussions in online classes.
Big Read, Small Groups: Theme-Based Composition and Learning Communities in the Online Classroom
Room 205
This presentation showcases efforts to improve student success in writing by creating a theme-based semester-long journey with connections between readings and assignments in Composition I. Audience members will walk through the construction of a theme-based course, discuss experience with the National Endowment for the Arts “The Big Read” texts as first-year novels, and explore the challenges of conducting discussions in online classes.
