CAROLIN
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(With Bruce Gilchrist, Bishop’s University, Québec, Canada)
This
project grew out of two sessions at the 2007 International Congress on
Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI. The book will combine new publications
with reprints of existing articles and a bibliography specifically for the
studied texts in a critical reader for the first three poems of the
Old English Exeter Book. The book is inspired by similar projects
such as The
Cynewulf Reader (ed. Robert Bjork; Routledge, 2001), and The Poems of
MS Junius 11: Basic Readings (ed. Roy Liuzza; Routledge, 2002), but will
be more substantial in its scope.
(With Christina Welch, University of Winchester, UK)
This project, which has
received a Learning & Teaching fellowship from the University of Winchester,
studies the effectiveness of and student experience with wikis as non-linear
form of assessment. We are especially interested in personal wikis, a hitherto
unusual use of the technology which underlies wikipedia and wikidictionary.
The focus on one student per wiki makes the new format comparable to the
traditional essay whilst avoiding the linear structure which the essay
dictates. The new form of assessment also lends itself to formative instead of
summative use.
(With Stephen Hall, University of Winchester,UK , and Martin Arnold, Lesley Coote and Phillip Crispin, University of Hull, UK)
The Drama workshop will bring together scholars and students in an interdisciplinary exploration of medieval drama. The workshop, which is planned for 2011, will lead to a textbook as interdisciplinary companion to the study of medieval drama, accompanied with an online platform for annotated editions of the plays.