Key Course Dates

Module/Unit	Key Dates & Times
Module 1 Introduction and Web 2.0 Bootcamp	Activities/Assignments ●      First Day of Class (May 26th) 1)  Join Twitter 2)  Follow instructor: @JessL ●      by May 27th  send an introductory tweet with the             class hashtag: #EXSM3989 ●      on or before May 30th ○      Class Blog: Add a comment on the Module 1 post – introduce yourself and share with us your thoughts on this week’s readings/video
Module 2 Precursors to Hypertext	Activities/Assignments ●      Assignment B – Storify Assignment due at 11:55 pm June 19th ●      (Online Presence) Tweet 2 short reflections on what you’ve learned this week. Think specifically about books that push the boundaries of print. Due on or before end of day June 19th
Module 3 Hypertext	Activities/Assignments ●      Perform a close reading of a hypertext of your choice (check with the instructor on the suitability of your choice before completing the assignment). Due on or before end of day June 19th
Module 4 Born Digital Fictions	Activities/Assignments ●      Add a comment to Module 4’s blog post with your response to TWO of the digital fictions we read this week   ●      Send a tweet to @JessL with a comment about the Module 4 PowerPoint lecture. What did you learn about transliteracy and from reading born digital fictions like Inanimate Alice? Will you read more born digital fictions?
Module 5 Interactive Documentary Born Digital Narrative	Activities/Assignments ●      Add a comment to Module 5’s blog post with your reflection on Highrise: Out of My Window. Think about how you (the reader/interactor) work with the author to create a reality. How does your interactivity affect the narrative? ●      Tweet @JessL with your reaction to Iain Donald and Dayna Galloway’s stipulation that “interactive documentary is no longer in its infancy and has developed to become an accepted format to deliver factual content.” (220) Note: emphasis mine.
Module 6 Twitter Fiction	Activities/Assignments ●      Add a comment to Module 6’s blog post in which you respond to Carla Raguseo’s statement: “Twitter fiction can provide learners with a rich language experience in easily digestible fragments. It challenges them both as readers and as writers to attempt and explore multiple meanings and to develop academic skills such as synthesizing and paraphrasing while fostering structural and semantic awareness in playful experimentation.” ●      Live tweet @JessL THREE initial reactions and responses as you make your way through ONE of the three Twitterature readings
Module 7 Cross-Platform Stories	Activities/Assignments ●      Add a comment to Module 7’s blog post with your reaction to the transmedia story examples. Have you ever read anything like these works before? How can you be sure you have read the whole narrative? Jill Walker suggests that the disunity that arises from reading such works highlights a different kind of unity – that the work unfolds at the same time as our reading. What do you think? ●      Assignment D – Animoto Video Review due at end of day June 20 th

About the Course

Course Description

Web 2.0 storytelling employs the creative use of digital tools and offers exciting new possibilities for collaboration and sharing. Storytelling practices and features that have grown out of the Web 2.0 technologies and cultural forms will be introduced. The new ways of creating and experiencing narrative (often nonlinear and increasingly media-rich) that the social web can provide are explored, along with basic concepts of storytelling and its use as an educational and marketing tool in this new environment.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

·       apply theories about electronic literature in their own interpretations of specific works

·       reflect upon web 2.0 technologies and platforms suitability for narrative

·       read, experience and critique nonlinear and multimodal texts

Course Materials & Resources

●      Class Blog: http://exsm3989.blogspot.ca/