Outcomes

(1) compare basic techniques of computer-assisted analysis of texts;

(2) describe how a script, or an algorithm, is a human made list of step-wise instructions, and as such, contains human bias;

(3) compare and contrast different forms of reading (human, non-human, hybrid);

(4) articulate some of the ways that they might be “on the way to computational thinking” (Berry/Fagerjord);

(5) appreciate the different scales at which computer-assisted reading allows them to analyze;

(6) integrate the visual into their own analytical writing, critically and with clarity;

(7) practice effective communication skills in a written research blog, in synchronous communication channels in addition to a recorded, web-based tutorial format.

(8) debate possible futures of reading.