Distance Learning Course Interaction Plan

 

Course Number and Title:	English 101: Intro to Language and Literature
Instructor:	Professor Caroline Klocksiem
Email Address:	cberry@hcc.mass.edu  (I prefer email via the webCT-integrated email function, but you should note the HCC email as backup.)
Office Hours (if any):	T,Th2-3 (best times to get immediate response)
Online Hours:	Daily M-F
Communication Policy:	Email or “office” discussion board

Asynchronous Course:
This kind of distance education is characterized by an emphasis on "learning on demand" or "as needed communication" between students and faculty from multiple locations at times convenient to participants. 

Course Description:
English 101 Covers the ability to communicate with others, to think critically, and to comprehend literary works. Emphasis in the first semester is on expository writing, and the writing process, drafting, revision and editing, and the techniques of library research. Frequent short essays are assigned, amounting to a total of approximately three thousand words each semester. 

Required Textbook & Materials: 
Lunsford. EasyWriter: A Pocket Reference. 3rd Ed. Isbn: 0312433093
Fulwiler, Toby. The Working Writer. 5th Ed. Isbn: 0132278960

Course Objectives:

? To increase your awareness of and control over your own writing process 
? Develop your thoughts on paper 
? Revise your own work more efficiently 
? Extend your powers as an editor and critical reader of your own writing and others 
? Familiarize yourself with the procedures of library research and the mechanics of research writing 
? Use writing as a way to facilitate rather than merely record your thinking 
? Approach writing as a way of internalizing, understanding, questioning, exploring and coping with the complexity of your world, your state, your life.

Methods of Instruction:
Online - Distance Learning 

Students are required to engage in the following interaction(s) for successful completion of this course: 

The weekly syllabus will be structured around 5 major writing projects: 3 short essays, one longer research paper, and the course final. The general cycle of each paper unit will be: intro to the paper assignment, read, discuss/response to the corresponding chapters from the text, then drafting, peer reviewing, and revising each paper. Final drafts will be due approximately 2-3 weeks after the paper assignment is posted. Each paper unit will consist of mandatory process work, including topic proposals, draft postings and responding to classmates' drafts to be completed and submitted/posted by the designated due date. Please note that interaction and "attendence" is a foundation of this course, and that this course is NOTself-paced. 

This course may include, but not be restricted to, the following interactions: 

1. in person meetings	YES
2. telephone interactions	YES
3. electronic interactions (email, internet...)	YES

If yes, dates, times, places are to be specified 

1. In-person meetings will be optional 
2. Telephone interactions will be on an as-needed basis throughout the course 
3. Email, posting to discussion board, and general internet use will be our primary way of communicating, and used on a semi-daily basis throughout the semester. 

Evaluation of Student's Progress: 

GRADES: 

5 Paragraphs	20 pts. each/ 10% total
Essay 1	15%
Essay 2	15%
Essay 3 (research)	25%
Course Final	10%
Class participation*:	25%

*CP=Total of HW, peer review, shorter writing assignments, meaningful class "discussion" contributions. 

HCC GRADING SCALE: