Teaching Shakespeare Online in a Virtual Classroom

This chapter shares the experiences from a faculty member who teaches an online course—Shakespeare’s Major Plays—and from an instructional designer who helps the faculty design the course. It also relates the effective use of course management tool—WebCT, to facilitate teaching activities and to engage student learning. This chapter concludes that a successful online course depends on two important factors (1) learner-engaged teaching and (2) effective use of technology. The balance between the two enhances the efficacy of education and technology. INTRODUCTION