Shakespeare and Blended Learning

When blended learning meets the Bard, it creates dynamic models for teaching that combine in-person and online learning.

This Element charts a distinctive perspective that connects best practices of in-classroom activity with those of online learning to create a dynamic model for teaching Shakespeare. A blended approach to Shakespeare stands to make his works more engaging, accessible, and relevant to students. Combining the two approaches maximizes learning.Shakespeare and Blended Learning charts a distinctive perspective in Shakespeare pedagogy that connects best practices of in-classroom activity to those of online learning. A blended approach to Shakespeare, we argue, stands to make his works more engaging, accessible, and relevant to students in the digital age. Drawing on established evidence-based research and best practices in blended pedagogy, course design, and assessment, and applying them to a range of plays including Hamlet, King Lear, The Winter's Tale, Twelfth Night, and 1 Henry 4, we contend that teaching Shakespeare does not demand a choice between in-person and online learning but rather maximizes engaged student learning by combining the two. This book will appeal to readers who wish to update an extant course with dynamic digital approaches or who seek more formalized, sustained training on how to teach Shakespeare with technology.