Description
The Intercollegiate E-Democracy Project (IEDP) is a national collaboration that
enables students from across the country to use the Internet to discuss social
and political issues with peers at other colleges. The IEDP provides a forum
where participants can engage in public deliberation and dialogue that is so
crucial to the democratic process and to the solving of any community problem
or issue.
In discussion
forums covering a wide variety of issues, you will be able to use writing to
1) explore, expand, and develop your own views on various issues, 2) share these
views with others, and 3) listen to, learn about, and respond to others' views.
As well, through the numerous class activites and discussions you will analyze
the online discourse (the posts made by you and others), learning more about
online argumentation and deliberation. You will also have the chance to explore
and gain experience with asynchronous communication forums, which are becoming
more common in academic and business settings.
We will participate in the IEDP from the latter part of September until the
end of November.
Assignments
(See links from the Course Schedule
for more details and guidelines.)
1) Participation in the IEDP discussion forums, reading and responding to the
forums several times a week.
2) Participation in class discussions and activities related to the IEDP, including reading a few articles on deliberation and e-democracy and writing frequent rhetorical analyses.
3) Write your public argument essay on a topic you have been discussing in the IEDP.States
with Colleges and Universities Participating (Fall 2005)
California
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
North Dakota
Wyoming
IEDP
Websites
General Information about the IEDP is available at: http://www.trincoll.edu/prog/iedp
The IEDP discussion forum for Fall 2005 is password protected and limited to IEDP participants. The web address is http://my.trincoll.edu