Since Anna requested this, I’m letting people take a peek at my course-blog syllabus for my Jane Austen and the Undergraduate Novel Course for the next few days; I’ll have to shut down access after then, as soon as students begin having their discussions. I’m still working on the blog, but the The syllabus and resource page will should give you at least an idea of what I’m up to. I expect I’ll build some of the Burney assignments into their weekly blogging assignment.
Any thoughts, suggestions?
DM
Tags: pedagogy
Early Modern Online Bibliography 
August 24, 2009 at 1:22 pm |
Dave,
I resisted using Blackboard for a long time–but I now do. One can place videos, images, mp3s, YouTube, etc. on Blackboard (I believe Blackboard and Angel have now merged). I typically have all the external links and word documents open up in an independent window. One could still use WordPress for the blog site (I agree–it is a more pleasing look) by placing the WordPress URL for the blog on Blackboard, and students could either access it that way or independently of Blackboard–they could have the option.
For the BBC audios, I gave the URLS rather than mp3 files because I also use the comments pages and resources that appear. Often we have read essays or chapters from the commentators who appear on the show–and that’s an extra plus, too.
Here’s a list of shows that one might wish to use in a course addressing the long 18th century:
In Our Time – hosted by Melvyn Bragg
BBC Radio 4
Each program runs about 42 minutes or so; the subject research link (“Find out more about this subject by using our research page”) will take you to “Further Reading” (and often includes links as well as print). At the bottom of each program description are comments about the show by everyday listeners.
The Trial of Charles I – the original courtroom drama
Original Broadcast date: 4 June 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20090604.shtml
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift – 18th century satire gets close to the bone
Original Broadcast date: 29 January 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20090129.shtml
The Great Fire of London – London’s burning, fetch the engines…
Original Broadcast date: 11 December 2008
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20081211.shtml
The Social Contract – Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and the Origins of Society
Original Broadcast date: 7 February 2008
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20080207.shtml
Taste – the good, the bad and the ugly in 18th century Britain
Original Broadcast date: 25 October 2007
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20071025.shtml
Epistolary Literature – great novels of fictional letters
Original Broadcast date: 15 March 2007
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20070315.shtml
Alexander Pope – ‘short is my date, but deathless my renown’
Original Broadcast date: 9 November 2006
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20061109.shtml
Catherine the Great – the Enlightened Despot of Eighteenth Century Russia
Original Broadcast date: 23 February 2006
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20060223.shtml
Seventeenth Century Print Culture – piety, populism and political protest
Original Broadcast date: 26 January 2006
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20060126.shtml
Thomas Hobbes and the political philosophy of ‘Leviathan’
Original Broadcast date: 1 December 2005
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20051201.shtml
Samuel Johnson and His Circle – life with the professional man of letters
Original Broadcast date: 27 October 2005
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20051027.shtml
The Scriblerus Club – the satirists-in-chief of the 18th century
Original Broadcast date: 9 June 2005
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20050609.shtml
Politeness – the great 18th century craze
Original Broadcast date: 30 September 2004
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20040930.shtml
George Washington and the American Revolution – the most significant event in history
Original Broadcast date: 24 June 2004
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20040624.shtml
The Sublime – defining the state of awe
Original Broadcast date: 12 February 2004
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20040212.shtml
The Jacobite Rebellion – could it have succeeded?
Original Broadcast date: 8 May 2003
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20030508.shtml
The East India Co – a corporate route to Empire
Original Broadcast date: 26 June 2003
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20030626.shtml
The Lunar Society – scientific ferment 200 years ago
Original Broadcast date: 5 June 2003
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20030605.shtml
Originality – is it just a romantic notion?
Original Broadcast date: 20 March 2003
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20030320.shtml
The Scottish Enlightenment – how enlightened?
Original Broadcast date: 5 December 2002
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20021205.shtml
Slavery and empire – were Britons also captives?
Original Broadcast date: 17 October 2002
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20021017.shtml
The Grand Tour – what drove this desire for travel?
Original Broadcast date: 30 May 2002
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20020530.shtml
John Milton – poet or politician?
Original Broadcast date: 7 March 2002
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_2002030
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August 24, 2009 at 3:30 pm |
That’s a great list, Eleanor. Thanks! I’m going to see how easily I can integrate URLs onto my Angel/Blackboard site.
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August 27, 2009 at 7:41 am |
Dave,
Eleanor and I have drafted a “Preliminary Guide to Using Burney” for students. It can be found on this blog under the “Pages” link. It is an ongoing collaborative project; any and all suggestions are welcome.
AB
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