Mostly Synchronous Seminar
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See how you might hold a mostly synchronous seminar course by watching the video below, and learn about what tools and techniques you can use as an instructor.
Based on course tour of ENG2507
Instructor practices:
- Synchronous, interactive discussion
Recommended for:
- When students’ internet access is known (e.g., from beginning-of-semester surveys), and flexible asynchronous access is possible (e.g., with recordings, static slides, and/or transcripts)
Not recommended for:
- Large enrollment courses
- Courses with students in multiple time zones
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Online Meetings (Zoom)
Students choose to participate with video on or off depending on their level of comfort and internet connection.
Discussions are recorded for students who unexpectedly missed synchronous sessions. Prior to making this instructional choice, Adriana verified that all students expected to be able to attend synchronous meetings.
Assignments in UVACollab
Annotations in UVACollab
Students respond to specific parts of texts and can reply to each other. Adriana used these comments to frame conversations in the synchronous meetings.
Resources in UVACollab
Adriana used the Resources folder to house detailed assignment descriptions, course documents, links to multimedia (e.g., films through the library), and samples of previous students’ work. She would refer to specific examples to assist current students with formatting, citations, and other assignment details.