Karen Thornhill

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Learner-focused

What is learner-focused about my syllabus is that I ask my students to co-create the class with me. Also, as far as the writing assignments go, all students are free to choose which texts they write about; this also holds true for the research paper: students are free to choose a research topic which resonates with them — as long as it is thematically connected to a text we have read and discussed in class during the semester,

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What is learner-focused about my syllabus is that I ask my students to co-create the class with me.

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Karen Thornhill

Hi! I’m Karen Thornhill from the English Department here at BMCC. I started learning how to design an online course during the E-Learning Initiative for Faculty Development about a year prior to the pandemic. That training was tremendously helpful. So here I am today: I’m really looking forward to learning how to design and offer appealing online classes that are engaging, fun, interesting, and as affordable as possible to my students.… Read more “Karen Thornhill”