Jennifer,
I haven't used a traditional text in my theatre history courses for several years relaying instead on excerpts and condensed version of my lecture notes. I have been very happy with this and have not had any student complaints.
As for Wikis, I'm going to give them a try this Fall. Each team will be responsible for two Wikis (one dealing with a play read by everyone in the class and the second with a movement/"ism"). Students not on the teams creating each Wiki will be required to ask questions/post comments on each Wiki. I've not worked with Wikis before so I expect it to fall somewhere between "crash-and-burn" and "glorious success."
Tim
On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Jennifer Imazeki wrote:
> I've been wondering about this issue as well, especially since I won't
> be using a traditional textbook. I had been planning to use something
> like the powerpoints Lori mentioned. But one idea I'm kicking around
> is using a wiki and having the students 'create' the notes themselves.
> Has anyone done anything like that? Even if you haven't, do you think
> it would work?
>
> Jennifer
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> Jennifer Imazeki
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> San Diego State University
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Timothy D. Connors
Professor of Theatre
Central Michigan University
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