Designing Anchor Points

Authors

Andrew Hollinger, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

6-16-2023

Abstract

Writing programs that offer a range of instructional modalities (such as online synchronous, online asynchronous, face-to-face [F2F], and hybrid) can find it difficult to maintain programmatic identity and instructional or course comparability across modalities. Part of the difficulty is that each delivery modality has specific material and pedagogical requirements for success. That is, an online asynchronous course must look, feel, and act differently than the F2F iteration of the course—which also means the online version cannot be simply the digital version of the F2F course. How, then, does a writing program develop and maintain itself as a “program” amidst so many material entanglements? In this chapter, I present anchor points as a pedagogical and administrative PARS-based approach to developing cohesion between instructional modalities.

Comments

Copyright © 2023 Andrew Hollinger. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License

Recommended Citation

Hollinger, A. (2023). Designing Anchor Points. In J. Borgman & C. McArdle (Eds.), PARS in Charge: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Program Leaders (pp. 54–68). The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/PRA-B.2023.1985.2.04

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

First Page

54

Last Page

68

Publication Title

PARS in Charge: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Program Leaders

DOI

10.37514/PRA-B.2023.1985.2.04