This summer, I am working with undergraduate researchers Russ Allen and Leah Miller to study the new possibilities and enduring limits of open online learning. We are researching the subject through a grant provided by the Mellon Digital Humanities Fund and are experiencing the reality by actually creating our own open online course called “Understanding […]
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An elderly woman approaches a table, behind which stand excited university students. She tightly clutches a stack of yellowing papers, her favorite selections from her collection of Ragtime sheet music. She’s been collecting sheet music for about sixty years, and each piece is important to her for the time and effort she spent tracking them […]
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The stage appears to be set for what could be the future of higher education. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are one of the hot topics for universities around the country, with hundreds of courses being offered worldwide at no cost to users. Some have said that this move towards online higher education is a […]
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Understanding Online Courses: A Student’s Perspective
Posted by Russ Allen Published in History OnlineAs a college student, I have always been both curious and skeptical about “online courses”. Although I have never taken one, I have often imagined the potential ease that learning at home would bring. Is this concept too good to be true though? Surely there must be a catch. As an intern at Dickinson College […]
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Standing on the ground at the battlefields of Gettysburg is both a breathtaking, yet unsatisfying experience. Realizing that your feet are touching the same ground as men who died for a heroic cause brings humility, perspective, and a strong connection with history that cannot be experienced in an ordinary classroom. However, there remains a sense of disconnect from […]
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Teaching the Story of Bayard Wilkeson
Posted by Leah Miller Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Lesson PlansAs a summer intern with the House Divided Project of Dickinson College, I’ve been assigned the task of coming up with a lesson plan for the incredible story of how the tragic death of Bayard Wilkeson during the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg touched our nation. Make sure to read the full story […]
