THE USE OF CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING LITERATURE: SHAKESPEARE ON A SMALL SCREEN
THE USE OF CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING LITERATURE: SHAKESPEARE ON A SMALL SCREEN

Summary/Abstract: Due to the world health, social, economic and political crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic which started in 2020, continued into 2021 and will probably extend its effects into years to come, the educational sector has been affected in many ways – from students’ inability to attend classes in the classroom, to the sudden change of teaching methodology from traditional methods which used technology sparingly and occasionally to the new methods which require the teachers’ and students’ constant reliance on their computers, smart phones, different applications and communication platforms. Students needed to cover materials planned in the course outlines, meet learning outcomes, and on the top of that stay motivated and inspired to learn while the world around them did not know where it was going. This paper will present the delivery of the course on Shakespeare conducted in the Department of English Language and Literature at International University of Sarajevo – firstly in the classroom, then online. It will describe the teaching methods and changes to the previous course format necessitated by the move to online teaching; compare the new and previously used technology in the same course; describe the teacher’s and students’ involvement; and present the final result of the students’ project titled “The Reading Theatre”. The students’ achievements and their and the teacher’s evaluation of the course content will be outlined at the end of this paper.

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