March 2019

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“Between the Pit of Man’s Fears and the Summit of His Knowledge”: Black Mirror in the Sci-Fi Classroom

“Between the Pit of Man’s Fears and the Summit of His Knowledge”: Black Mirror in the Sci-Fi Classroom

by Meghan Buckley When it comes to effective pedagogy some similar phrases are often thrown around—things like “contextualization,” “instructional conversation,” “tangible course outcomes,” and “reflective exercises,” among others. Very rarely does “watching Netflix” make its way into the discussion. It did this past semester in my EGL 130: “Literature, Science, Technology” class, though. First airing […]

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