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From Tele- To Online Courses: Transforming Hist 132, Torie Wynn
From Tele- To Online Courses: Transforming Hist 132, Torie Wynn
SIDLIT Conference
Wichita State University’s History Department and Instructional Technology and Design (IDT) office teamed up to eliminate the HIST 132 telecourse and replace it with an online course. This presentation will discuss stages of the transformation, including: Inception and Barriers, Design & Development (using theories from Green Light Design and the LEARN Model and adopting an OpenStax OER textbook), Delivery, and Challenges and Changes. IDT will provide a brief tour of the course shell and suggest ways in which a model like this may work at your university.
Finding The Truth: An Examination Into The Use Of Rhetoric In Thucydides, Eryn Pritchett
Finding The Truth: An Examination Into The Use Of Rhetoric In Thucydides, Eryn Pritchett
Scholars Week
For centuries, scholars have looked to Thucydides as truth--a factual and accurate account of the Peloponnesian War--due to his thorough use of critical analysis and logical deduction. Unlike his predecessor, Herodotus, Thucydides dodged the critical and literary analysis that has plagued Herodotus for years. However, in the past few decades historians have began to realize that Thucydides is far more than facts on paper. This research project will show that Thucydides use of Athenian rhetoric transforms his work from that of historical accuracy into a "possession for all time," redefining the way other historians would construct their own narrative. (Thucydides, …
The Evil That Men Do: Genocide In The Twentieth Century, Tracey Newport
The Evil That Men Do: Genocide In The Twentieth Century, Tracey Newport
Scholars Week
In the past one hundred years, there has been an ongoing mission of the civilized world to prevent the atrocities of genocide from happening. While admirable in thought, the policies taken to prevent them have failed. With early warning signs in situations of genocide being different in each case it is hard to determine when genocide is imminent. The lack of knowledge about the situation proves to be a serious problem to global actors that are required to work within the information available to them. By using three different case studies of genocide with each occurring within different contexts; the …