Welcome to Open Access Literature
Writing by BethRitterguth on Saturday, 28 of April , 2007 at 2:38 pm
Welcome! This summer will prove to be an exciting adventure for many of us!
My name is Beth Ritter-Guth, and I teach FT at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, PA. I use an open access course format to deliver content material, and want to take a few minutes to explain what it is I mean by the term “open access.”
In order to receive college credit for the courses I teach at LCCC, one must register through the college website at www.lccc.edu. Since these courses are offered completely online, anyone living anywhere can take them. The advantage to taking the course for credit is that you receive feedback and assessment from me, you received transferable grades, and you receive credit through a Middle State Accredited college.
However, I firmly believe in the opening of education to all populations, Perhaps you don’t need college credit or don’t have the time to invest in a course, but really want to learn about and discuss a certain piece of literature. Open Access allows you to do that because you participate as an “at-large” member. This means that you are welcome to do all of the readings and assignments and participate in the discussions of the course, but are not required to do any or all of the work. MIT is the leader in Open Courseware, and this model is much like theirs. Harvard used a similar model in Second Life, and we will be adopting their approach for courses using SL as an enhancement tool.
While participation in SL is not required to have access to the course materials, we will be having live chats in SL about the texts of each course. Please create a free account at www.secondlife.com.
What steps should you take to get involved?
1. Take a look at the courses being offered this summer at http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com/ritterguthclasses
2. If you want college credit for the courses, please register at www.lccc.edu
3. If you do not want college credit, please email BethRitterGuth@gmail.com to be registered in the at large group.
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