All week, when I’ve gone to settle in for my writing pedagogies class, I’ve closed it right back up because a small inner voice has repeatedly said, “Nah, not this one. You really want to save this one until all other coursework is done for the week.” Today, all other coursework done, I opened writing pedagogies and shortly disintegrated into knots of frustration and a puddle of tears. (No actual tears were shed—but all the same, I was definitely a puddle of them.) 1/
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The technological challenges that I needed to work through just to get started were a thing to behold. And then—this class has a large asynchronous video conferencing element to ensure we are all getting ample opportunity to compose and practice our academic speaking, as well as writing. I think it’s a good element for an online course, but it was a surprise and there were setup logistics to work through. 2/
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I spent the whole day and the whole evening on that class, and I feel like I haven’t started engaging with the actual content yet. (Which is not true—in addition to all the setup, I’ve watched and taken notes on four lectures.)
It felt incredibly good to shut everything down, declare tomorrow another day, and feel the stress drain away.
And then realize, the hard part done, it should be a good class from here on out. Possibly one of my favorite ever. /3
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