This is a Creative Writing course that you can participate in from home. There will be a series of weekly video-conference sessions on Zoom where you can get in touch with your creativity and express yourself in a friendly, safe and supportive environment. The WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas, will also be used to support lessons and provide feedback. This is a chance to meet (online) with others and share ideas and experiences. It's also a chance to learn about techniques that help to bring writing alive.
Additional information about this course
This course is open to members of Bow Haven and Mind (THN).
Course aim
This is a Creative Writing course that you can participate in from home. A chance to get in touch with your creativity, express yourself and learn to bring your writing alive.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- You will need your own personal email address so that you’re able to login to the WEA’s digital learning platform: WEA Canvas. You will need to be able to understand how to follow URL links to pages on the internet. If you want to understand more about Canvas please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- You will need to be able to follow links to join our WEA live video learning platform: WEA Zoom. If you’d like to understand more about our video learning platform, Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline and http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
- No skills or experience needed
- This course is for beginners
- This course is for improvers
- This course is suitable for beginners and improvers
- This course is for students who attend a specific centre only. For more information please call 0300 303 3464
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Get in touch with my creativity
- Express myself using words
- Connect being on the course with feeling better in myself
- Feel more confident about sharing my work aloud
- Engage with my classmates for learning, support and enjoyment
How will I be taught?
- The WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas will be used to provide resources or to support lessons, enable assessment, provide learner feedback and for other activities for individuals away from the course. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- The WEA tutor will use a range of different teaching and learning methods and encourage you and the group to be actively involved in your learning
- You may be asked to undertake additional work in your own time to support your learning
What kind of feedback can I expect?
- You will be able to keep a record of your progress and achievement using photos, audio, text or documents uploaded into the WEA’s digital learning platform, WEA Canvas.
- You will be able to keep a digital portfolio of your work on WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas.
- A range of informal activities will be used by the tutor to see what you are learning which may include quizzes, question and answer, small projects and discussion
- You will be encouraged to share your work with the group and discuss your learning
- You will be encouraged to consider other students work and give your opinions and suggestions
- Your tutor will provide written feedback as appropriate, using Canvas, the WEA's digital platform.
What else do I need to know?
- What you need: You will need an internet connection, speakers, a microphone and a webcam so that you can use our video learning platform, Zoom. If you’d like to understand more Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
- You will need a personal email address to join the WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas so that you can receive resources, record your progress and achievement and to work with others and share ideas. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- All materials will be provided
- It would be helpful if you had access to the internet (Mobile phone, tablet or computer at home or through a library etc.)
Pre-course work, reading and information sources
- No pre reading or pre course work is required
What can I do next?
- Progress to another WEA course
- Progress to a course with another provider
- Become involved with the WEA in a range of voluntary work and other activities including campaigning as a WEA member
- Become involved as a volunteer for a WEA partner or another organisation
- You could progress to Higher Education courses. Follow link to the PEARL website for information http://pearl.open.ac.uk/
- Access the WEA What Next? booklet here http://www.wea.org.uk/learn-wea/what-can-i-do-next
- Blogging; involvement in community action groups; publication in in-house/disability arts/mainstream media; involvement in readings and other events arranged by Mind and WEA with other partners; poetry slams/open mikes; involvement in theatre workshops; in-person classes when circs allow
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