The Caribbean History and Culture course offers panoramic virtual tours of specific regions of the Caribbean. These interactive panoramas allow students to move their view around a 360-degree plane, pan the area, and zoom in or out to visually examine Caribbean cityscapes and flora.
A full-screen option also offers web links to regional information about the natural environments that shape the culture of the Caribbean.
(click the red button to start and the ”fullscreen” option for tour options)
Fashion in US History explores the interrelation between fashion and historical events from approximately 1850 to the present. The interactive timeline (shown below) plots various moments in history as well as developments and trends in fashion, allowing students to interpret historical information and incorporate it into their discussions and course activities. The use of web links, video clips, images, and content pages encourages students to revisit the timeline as part of their course work.
Click on the boxes to expand and explore the links.
African History and Culture capitalizes on several web 2.0 tools to present different inquiry-based learning opportunities. The course allows students to view current – and constantly updated – web content using RSS feeds.
The RSS feeds offer students the opportunity to access several content-specific resources at once, and choose what information to explore within them in order to improve discussion posts, assignments or other coursework.
See below:
Using RSS feed technology, African artists’ current work is streamed into the course and these real-time exhibits are automatically updated. This dynamic presentation of current African art helps encourage exploration of the subject matter.
Below is an example of a streamed exhibit from African artist Sane.
