Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 282.
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Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 06:59:27 +0100
From: "David Carpenter" <dcarp@bellatlantic.net>
Subject: Distributed (on-line) learning: request for information
Dear Humanists,
I was recently appointed to a university task force charged with
implementing a prior task force's plan for introducing "distributed
learning" courses into our curriculum. This effort is driven almost
enitrely by the college of business, and I am one of only two humanities
types on the task force. Unfortunately, I have no prior experience with
on-line teaching, and am trying to get up to speed. I have a specific
request. Can anyone point me to resources on on-line or distributed
learning specifically in the humanities? I'm also interested in critiques
of on-line learning in our fields (I'm in religious studies, specifically
history of Asian religions). It is easy to see the utility of this approach
for such things as professional training of post-baccalaureate adult
learners, but I (and many of my colleagues) have concerns about trying to
apply this model to liberal arts undergraduates. I found one post on this
topic in the archives, and this may be a stale topic for many of you, but
if anyone could point me to some helpful resources for examining this
matter, I'd much appreciate it. Also, if anyone knows of specific
humanities courses that have been taught successfully on-line, I'd very
much like to know about them. I'm open to exploring the possibilities, but
I am also rather cautious.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
David Carpenter
St. Joseph's University
Philadelphia
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