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Online education in the humanities does one thing very well: we know how to introduce people to our endlessly fascinating topics in engaging ways.
But once they're finished with the introductory material, the quantity of content drops off rather sharply.
How do we address this?
But once they're finished with the introductory material, the quantity of content drops off rather sharply.
How do we address this?
When you optimize for views, the temptation will always be to stick to introductory material. Beginners will always be the biggest audience.
The financial model for sustaining the production of intermediate/advanced material has to be different.
The financial model for sustaining the production of intermediate/advanced material has to be different.
For our fields to survive outside of academia, they need to be able to provide a path for the deeply interested student to advance.
We need to bridge the chasm somehow between introductory video playlists and journal articles.
We need to bridge the chasm somehow between introductory video playlists and journal articles.
I think teaching advanced material in small classes is part of the answer.
But what else?
Do we need to be:
- Writing study guides or digital textbooks?
- Annotating classic works?
- Writing digests of recent journal articles?
- Supervising community research projects?
But what else?
Do we need to be:
- Writing study guides or digital textbooks?
- Annotating classic works?
- Writing digests of recent journal articles?
- Supervising community research projects?
We will build academia-outside-academia bit by bit, by creativity, trial and error, and bricolage.
If you're interested in trying to figure this out alongside smart and interesting people (and me), I'm running a language-themed cohort of @hyperlink_a's Meta-Course starting later this month.
It's a focused course creation workshop. Curriculum here: https://hyperlink.academy/courses/the-meta-course/1/cohorts/75
It's a focused course creation workshop. Curriculum here: https://hyperlink.academy/courses/the-meta-course/1/cohorts/75
Enrolment is by invitation, so if it looks appealing, send the good people at @hyperlink_a an outline of your course idea here: https://hyperlink.academy/forms/propose-course
If you have any questions, feel free to DM me!
If you have any questions, feel free to DM me!
