11050

11050

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

Designing Online Humanities Courses to Foster Student Success
Jennifer Harrison, Kaplan University, USA, jharrison@kaplan.edu Crystal Hofegartner, Kaplan University, USA, chofegartner@kaplan.edu

This general session seeks to explore the development of online courses, specifically focusing on creative approaches to course design in the humanities field. As a point of emphasis, the presenters will use case studies from a newly-revised course at Kaplan University entitled “American Women”. As part of this revision, the course designers created a course focusing entirely on interactive elements, such as video clips, weekly Adobe presentations, and most importantly, the creation of a course without a textbook! As part of this goal, the presenters seek to address the importance of considering a variety of learning styles when designing a course, as well as how social networking tools such as Twitter can also enhance student interaction and both accessibility to, and comprehension of, humanities course content. This presentation aims to encourage conversation regarding creating course content for online courses, and how humanities courses, in particular, can act as an empowering tool for students pursuing degree and career advancement.

All Audiences student success twitter Adobe course design online courses humanities learning styles empowerment