03/14/2020
“College course is a narrative form, a story told collaboratively, over time. Ideally, the professor establishes early the story’s shape, pacing, and tone, and the syllabus gives the students ideas of where to look for what happens next. But no course—no good, dynamic course—knows ahead of time what story it will tell” - Dan Chiasson for the New Yorker
What narratives will bloom in your online classrooms this semester?
Colleges across the country are trying to figure out their way forward in a story in which meanings have suddenly, drastically, and frighteningly changed.