Doomscrolling, Zoom Overload, and COVID Fatigue: Teaching Creative Writing During the Pandemic
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Article Title | Doomscrolling, Zoom Overload, and COVID Fatigue: Teaching Creative Writing During the Pandemic |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | Cantrell, Kate (Author), Doolan, Emma (Author) and Palmer, Kelly (Author) |
Journal Title | NiTRO: Creative Matters |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Web Address (URL) | https://nitro.edu.au/articles/2020/12/4/doomscrolling-zoom-overload-and-covid-fatigue-teaching-creative-writing-during-the-pandemic |
Abstract | According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, the pandemic not only represents a global health crisis but a global learning crisis too. The UN reports that COVID has created 'the largest disruption of education systems in history' and as such, a top priority is 'preventing this learning crisis from becoming a generational catastrophe' (UNSDG 2). In other words, this disruption to education is 'far from over' (3). At the time of writing, we find ourselves within a liminal historical moment, floating between what was and what might be. In our shared experience teaching Creative Writing during COVID, we observed common pedagogical challenges across undergraduate programmes at USQ, SCU, and QUT. Granted, some of the struggles outlined here predate the pandemic, since the sector was sick before the virus. However, the silent and invisible threat posed by COVID has aggravated already existing ills in a flailing system. |
Keywords | Creative writing; creative writing instruction; COVID-19; digital pedagogies; online learning |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360203. Professional writing and journalism practice |
470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) | |
360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
Southern Cross University | |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6024/doomscrolling-zoom-overload-and-covid-fatigue-teaching-creative-writing-during-the-pandemic
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