![Sample our Geography journals, sign in here to start your FREE access for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5937/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Geography.jpg"})
Abstract
Designed as a hybrid undergraduate class that includes online exercises and in-class discussion, Places in the Media helps students better understand the spatial politics of media that help structure our everyday lives. The article is meant as a do-it-yourself guide for instructors interested in building a course like Places in the Media. As such, it includes detailed description of the course design and how the hybrid learning environment was structured. Also included is a series of reflections on the collective experience teaching the class since it became a part of the regular course offerings in 2011.
Acknowledgments
We thank Jerry Mitchell, JP Jones and his advising group, and the anonymous reviewers who gave supportive comments and advice on an earlier draft. We also thank the students who participated in the course and helped us hone the activities, questions, and assignments over the semesters.
Notes
2. Georgia Davis Conover was involved in the grant writing and initial development of Places in the Media (outlined above in Course Background). Jacob Miller is now instructing the class after coteaching with Georgia in the fall of 2012. This semester of training was necessary in order for the new instructor to learn the many technical functions of D2L and is something geography programs should anticipate if implementing a course of this type.