Teaching Literature at a Distance: Open, Online and Blended Learning

This is the first scholarly examination of distance and online learning in national, cultural and linguistic contexts. This fascinating volume examines the challenges and potentials of teaching literature at Open and Virtual Universities in a wide range of national, cultural and linguistic contexts. Featuring essays by an international array of literature scholars, the book presents cutting-edge explorations of seminal issues, including literature pedagogy and curriculum building, canon and theory debates, the uses of hypertext and other digital tools for literary instruction, the writing and evaluation of educational material and the teaching of digital literature. These issues are addressed from various critical and theoretical viewpoints, which reflect the authors' long educational and administrative involvement with Distance Learning in a rich diversity of cultural and academic frameworks. As the first scholarly attempt to bring together questions of literature pedagogy and issues in open and distance, online and blended learning, this book is an essential resource for literature instructors and administrators in ODL, e-learning and b-learning programs, as well as for scholars in more traditional academic settings, who can make literature courses more effective and stimulating by using techniques and tools developed for distance learning.