Heroes - Text and Hypertext:Heroes - Text and Hypertext:Transatlantic video-conferencing with VLE support: Transatlantic video-conferencing with VLE support: Innovative e-learning technologies enhancing Innovative e-learning technologies enhancing undergraduate skill acquisitionundergraduate skill acquisition
Orla Murphy and Carrie GriffinOrla Murphy and Carrie Griffin
University College Cork, IrelandUniversity College Cork, Ireland
Context: Why redesign an Context: Why redesign an existing course?existing course?
Humanities undergraduate courseHumanities undergraduate course Focus on textual transmission through the Focus on textual transmission through the
agesages CollaborativeCollaborative Issues raised at an international conference Issues raised at an international conference
MBSRMBSR Parallel issues between medieval textual Parallel issues between medieval textual
scholarship and modern digital scholarship scholarship and modern digital scholarship identifiedidentified
ParticipationParticipation
English literature course theorising textual English literature course theorising textual transmission from oral to print culturestransmission from oral to print cultures
International collaboration with Prof. Martha International collaboration with Prof. Martha Driver at Pace U, NY and “Beowulf to Lear: Driver at Pace U, NY and “Beowulf to Lear: Text, Image and Hypertext”Text, Image and Hypertext”
Participation achieved via the Blackboard VLE Participation achieved via the Blackboard VLE and videoconferencingand videoconferencing
Course DeliveryCourse Delivery
Common texts readCommon texts read Groups met separatelyGroups met separately Discussion document issued on Discussion document issued on
BlackboardBlackboard Video conference heldVideo conference held Web pageWeb page
AssessmentAssessment
VLE discussion threadsVLE discussion threads Essay and presentationEssay and presentation Course website designed by students Course website designed by students
incorporating student contentincorporating student content
ConclusionsConclusions
An e-learning environment was created that An e-learning environment was created that was supportive, innovative and encouraging for was supportive, innovative and encouraging for the School of Englishthe School of English
Students enhanced their digital skills within a Students enhanced their digital skills within a contentcontent driven humanities environment driven humanities environment
Creating a web page was a practical Creating a web page was a practical contemporary example of textual transmission, contemporary example of textual transmission, and an enhanced learning experience for and an enhanced learning experience for studentsstudents
