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New Creative Writing “Classroom”: The Proliferation of Online Workshops and Low Residency Programs

New Creative Writing “Classroom”: The Proliferation of Online Workshops and Low Residency Programs

Tamara Girardi
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466665552|ISBN10: 1466665556|EISBN13: 9781466665569
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6555-2.ch001
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Girardi, Tamara. "New Creative Writing “Classroom”: The Proliferation of Online Workshops and Low Residency Programs." Critical Examinations of Distance Education Transformation across Disciplines, edited by Abigail G. Scheg, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6555-2.ch001

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Girardi, T. (2015). New Creative Writing “Classroom”: The Proliferation of Online Workshops and Low Residency Programs. In A. Scheg (Ed.), Critical Examinations of Distance Education Transformation across Disciplines (pp. 1-14). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6555-2.ch001

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Girardi, Tamara. "New Creative Writing “Classroom”: The Proliferation of Online Workshops and Low Residency Programs." In Critical Examinations of Distance Education Transformation across Disciplines, edited by Abigail G. Scheg, 1-14. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6555-2.ch001

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Abstract

The field of creative writing studies includes commonly regarded forms of distance education such as online courses, but there is an impressive diversity regarding the opportunities available to creative writers. To illustrate this, the chapter discusses the two tracks available to writers. The first features the university environment, where students enroll in undergraduate and graduate creative writing degree programs. These programs could be full-residency, low-residency, or online. However, not all writers are able or willing to enroll in such programs. For these writers, there are non-academic options that are driven not by colleges and universities but by the publishing community. Non-degree writers might enroll in online workshops or communities. Finally, non-degree seeking writers might work independently through MOOCs, extension classes, iTunesU courses, and how-to texts. This chapter discusses the history of distance education as it is evolving and the potentially overwhelming number of options available to aspiring writers.

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