I finished the rough draft syllabus and calendar - rough, indeed. I'm missing a few entries for the syllabus and the calendar needs more development, but it is there and presents an idea of how the course will operate. However, I hit a wall when thinking about the 7th week. Is there academic life beyond the F2F day? How long can it extend if students are reading the last novel? When would the final exam be. It seems to me that if the 7th F2F is the end of the course, will really have only put in 6 weeks from the first F2F meeting.
I am going to do the mini-wiki right in D2L, I think. I want to keep the course somewhat contained except for the research that will go into looking about the background information for the novels.
I still have a couple of processes to think through - the group work on the critical essays leading to the in-class presentations, for one thing.
I'm leaving for the cottage today and will be back in time for the next meeting - I'm taking the materials with me so I can go over them while looking at the lake.. a much better view than I have now.