Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-3-2023

Version

Other: (please specify below)

Other Version(s)

Blog post on the LDC website https://www.sandiego.edu/blogs/detail.php?_focus=88629

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Higher Education | Online and Distance Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Abstract

Over the summer, Dr. Heather Herrera (Instructor in SOLES) and Dr. Heather Leslie (Instructional Designer in the LDC) teamed up to design the third course in the dissertation sequence (Doctoral Seminar III). Dr. Herrera came up with a really creative assignment for this course that gave students choice, agency, and the opportunity to build community with their peers during their dissertation process. This is something we both noted we would have greatly benefited from back when we were working on our dissertations where it can feel pretty isolating at times. This post describes the assignment, results, and our reflections.

COinS