In 2019, I have a college student who annotates readings like this!

I asked students in my online “Dystopia in American Literature” class to demonstrate “whylighting” — not just highlighting a passage, but adding a note explaining why it’s worth noticing.

If this were an in-person classroom, I’d just walk around the room and glance over their shoulders to confirm that they’re dong the work. In this online class, I asked students to post screenshots and a brief reflection.

Students who aren’t into visual learning have the option of doing an audio podcast instead.

I was very pleased by the results!

Post was last modified on 31 Jan 2019 4:15 pm

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