• Syllabus: American Carnival

    Author(s):
    Tona Hangen
    Editor(s):
    Elizabeth J. Clark
    Date:
    2020
    Item Type:
    Syllabus
    Tag(s):
    DPiH, DPiH Assessment, DPih Syllabus, Practice, Learning objectives, Remix, Scaffolded, Student agency, Iteration, Digital pedagogy
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/kvnm-z658
    Abstract:
    Curatorial note from Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Tona Hangen’s “Extreme Makeover, Syllabus Edition” challenges the notion of traditional syllabi by suggesting that in giving her syllabi “extreme makeovers” Hangen discovered she “also framed the class to give students more responsibility for the learning, including punching some holes in the semester to be filled with student-chosen content later. It was a course redesign on many levels, and the eye-catching syllabus that resulted was the culmination of a deeper rethinking of what I was teaching and what I wanted my students to learn.” This first year seminar syllabus on the American carnival incorporates student learning outcomes shared by all first year seminars at Worcester State University and Hangen’s commentary on those outcomes. As with the previous syllabus, work, expectations, and criteria for the course are fully articulated here, providing groundwork for meaningful assessments later in the course. This syllabus also demonstrates Angelo’s concept of assessment as a process throughout the course of the semester with clearly staged, transparent, and increasingly complex expectations.
    Notes:
    This deposit is part of Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities. Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers, and published by the Modern Language Association. https://digitalpedagogy.hcommons.org/.
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