February 15 2001
Not required, but taken up by specific sections (signal in calendar, through registration?)
Not an introduction to basic skills (file management, word processing, email: students seeks courses elsewhere if necessary)
Propose a set of options for literary use of computers; instructors will adopt according to their course aims and preferences:
Individual sections Course team development Instructor web sites (schedule, handouts, links) First year web site for shared resources Internet searching for literary studies; evaluating web sites Guides to using the Internet; approved links Writing instruction, guides, handbooks; use of Editor Develop web-based writing resources where required Web sites on specific issues, texts, authors (on the model of the Norton) From agreed curriculum, locate web sites and/or create them Web authoring, so that students can mount a basic web site and locate their assignments and projects on it Offer training sessions (on the model of library induction, but will take 4-6 hours) Online discussion group (e.g., WebBoard) Hypertext: fiction, poetry, criticism; how to read; theoretical implications Develop web-based overview with links Web culture: introduction to concept of cyberspace; discussion groups, chat rooms Mount discussion or chat facilities for Year 1 students Electronic texts: downloading, encoding, searching; bibliographical principles for etexts Web guide to etexts Electronic concordances and other tools Long term: improve the tools; develop web-based tools, such as HyperPo, that are web-compliant Resource implications:
- Shared lab resources for instruction (e.g., rotating use of Rutherford lab)
- Smart classrooms for presentations
- A Literary Computing lab under our own control
- Software requirements, e.g., web authoring tools (Dreamweaver; Image Styler);
- Eastgate hyperfictions; Concordance
- Netsurf package for students required (simplify the installation!)
- Training for instructors (Proseminar-type short courses; ATL fellowships)
- A GRA funded to produce and maintain a first year web site
Document prepared February 16th 2001