Professors: Larry Friedlander (English), Haun Saussy (East Asian Studies), and Tim Lenior (History); teaching fellows: Carlos Seligo and Margo Denman and lab staff: Charles Kerns and George Toye worked together to develop a holistic curriculum mediated through a website center for the course.
The curriculum was based on the reading of five texts, Genesis, Blade Runner, Hamlet, Descartes' Meditations, from the viewpoint of the scholar of history, literature, or philosophy.
Students and instructors engaged in web activities including structured reading assignments and asynchronous discussion forums.
A site that had a calendar, announcements, faculty bios, the asynchronous discussion forums, assignments, and student projects The course web site linked rich resources supporting each text to engage students from novices to those well-informed on the texts.
The Forum was enhanced in the second year to allow direct linkage to assignments, faculty-controlled subject organization, and threaded discussion.
-The Forum and assignments helped students prepare for face-to-face meetings by discussing basic issues before class.