great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

Your Responses on May 19: Assessment of Your Work

A few of you said you have become more used to abstraction in texts (great!) Many still feel they need to become much more detailed (yes, this gives your writing and communication more authenticity). Others feel they want to learn to be more comfortable with public speaking. This is a question of practice, so do so whenever you get the opportunity. It will help you greatly in interviews and then later in your careers. Others said that the hybridity of the course helped to make them more organized and responsible, and this is a great by-product of a hybrid course, I think . Some said they appreciated the different perspectives that people had for each text, and that this helped this broaden their way of thinking (and that makes me very happy!). Jacqueline mentions that she feels she has more writing in her other courses now (and I think this trend will continue) so this will help everyone’s writing overall. To be an effective communicator, whether in writing or orally, is really a question of practice.

As for me, I feel I’ve learned that I need to give everyone more time for free writing exercises (and think some of you felt rushed). I also am going to rethink the longer in-class writing assignments. I also want to devote even more time to close reading of the text during f2f time together.

Thank-you all for a lovely semester, and I wish you all the very best!

(And don’t forget, the final exam is due by May 22, 12 pm, noon)

Jeanne