Embassy of the United States of America

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University of California – BerkeleyCollege Writing 2.2x

Embassy of the United States of America

MOOC

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Traditional online courses

• charge tuition• carry credit • limit enrollment

MOOC – Massive Open Online Course

Embassy of the United States of America

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• Courses & weekly assignments released on Thursdays at 11:00pm, Jakarta time. 

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Details

Embassy of the United States of America

Week 1 – Vocabulary Development

Week 2 – Understanding Tone and Diction

Week 3 – Common Errors in Writing

Week 4 – Advanced Process Writing First draft of the essay due this week.

Week 5 – Advanced Revising, Proofreading, Editing Final draft of the final paper due this week.

 

College Writing 2.2x Course Outline

iLearn @america

Embassy of the United States of America

January 25, 1:00-3:00pm Vocabulary Development

January 30, 6:00-7:30pm Tone & Diction

February 8, 1:00-3:00pm Common Errors in Writing

February 20, 6:00-7:30pm Draft Essay Review

Embassy of the United States of America

Video • PowerPoint with voiceover • Hosted on YouTube - download from course platform • Captions available on all course videos

Readings • Sample texts • Explanatory texts

Activities • Quizzes • Practice writing • Discussion/Feedback

Weekly Unit Components

• Post to discussion boards

• Dedicated ‘problem’ discussion area

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Online Discussion

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Certificates• U.S. Embassy - @america certificate

• Certificate for participation in all sessions• February 20 ceremony• Lottery for Amazon Kindle Fire

• Berkeley certificate of completion• Students must have a score of 50% or higher to get a

certificate • Download e-certificate about 1 week after the end of

class