Abstract
This article descriptionbes the University of Maine's class book project, the class book Web course interdisciplinary faculty development programme, and how the Web helps bring marginalized people into the college classroom. An interdisciplinary group of 15 professors created INT 490 Lies, Deception, and Heroification as an asynchronous course that students access entirely on the World-Wide Web. Students explore how 'lies' in history, education, government, business and society in general create 'cultural distortion'. Encouraged by the positive student and faculty evaluations, the class book Web course programme continued in the spring of 2000 with INT491, A Midwife's Tale and the Social Web, and is currently designing new Web courses based on the 2001 and 2002 class books.
Highlights
In 1999 the Division of Lifelong Learning added a class book community programme to the mix of class book events
Using the Loewen text as its centerpiece, the team designed INT 490 to meet general education requirements, to serve as a faculty development opportunity related to the use of Internet technologies, and to extend the academic reach of the campus
Flexibility and convenience are the hallmarks of distance and asynchronous instructional technologies
Summary
In 1999 the Division of Lifelong Learning added a class book community programme to the mix of class book events. These included people in the community programme and INT 490 course; those attending the 30 March on-campus events; and all employees of the Division of Lifelong Learning whose professional development activities included reading the 1999 class book and participating in a faculty-led discussion. 2. Class book Web course interdisciplinary faculty development programme
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