Spring 2027

Digital Media, Literature, and Culture

Introduction to Digital Media, Literature, and Culture. Examines how digital technologies influence the production and reception of literary works and offers opportunities for critical practice.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ainehi Edoro3.0/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Ainehi Edoro

The class maintained an extremely strict attendance policy where missed lectures beyond allowed drops reduced the grade, and students reported few graded assignments overall.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify key issues surrounding the ways digital technology influences the production and reception of literature.

  • Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ENGL 178

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Professors

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About this rating

Raw average: 2.39/5 from 23 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 2.3/5 raw quality · 2.3/5 difficulty · 15 reviews

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Past student reviews · Ainehi Edoro

Ainehi Edoro taught ENGL 178 with an extremely strict attendance policy, where absences dropped letter grades. Students found the lectures uninteresting and criticized Edoro for being disorganized, unclear in communication, and slow to grade. While some enjoyed the social media projects, others felt the assignments lacked value and lacked clear direction.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.89 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=277 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 99.5% A/AB (n=205 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 98.0% A/AB (n=293 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Mark Vareschi

Past students of Mark Vareschi noted that lectures were often unengaging, with one describing them as boring and repetitive. Assessments included pop quizzes, passage identification tests, and short analysis papers. While some found the workload manageable without extensive reading, others reported unclear grading criteria and limited feedback on assignments.

AINEHI EDORO is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARK VARESCHI is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 3300
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 220
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 220

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ainehi Edoro

Students described the course as centered on required lectures, early-semester readings, and a group social media project, with Prof. Edoro noted for her kindness and care.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.68 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 99.5% A/AB (n=205 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 98.0% A/AB (n=293 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ainehi Edoro

The class maintained an extremely strict attendance policy where missed lectures beyond allowed drops reduced the grade, and students reported few graded assignments overall.

Past student reviews · Ainehi Edoro

Students found Prof. Edoro unorganized and criticized her for unclear communication, delayed grading, and miscommunication about assignment requirements and exam formats.

Topics

  • Intersection of digital technologies and literature production/reception
  • Role of digital media in structuring knowledge and experience of literary works

Skills

  • Apply methods and approaches for the analysis of literary and cultural texts.
  • Engage in critical and potentially creative practice regarding digital literature.

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

5 earlier forecasts · 0.11 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
ENGL 178 · Spring 2027

Digital Media, Literature, and Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL 178 · Spring 2027

Social Media Writing

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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