Welcome To Prismatic Perception

The Prismatic Perception Humanities Project was being developed by a group of faculty from the Community College of Rhode Island. This interdisciplinary web-based project stems from the notion that humanities and technology are perceived to be mutually exclusive.

Prismatic Perception aims at bridging these two worlds by eliminating this misperception.  For the initial history development, please explore: The Learner's Journey Development

Current course offering: The Learner's Journey

Let your curiosity guide you through this multi-disciplinary course, taught by Professor Carol A. Panaccione. To read more from students who have completed this course, please click here: Students' reflections on their experience after having taken "The Learner's Journey"

Texts used in this course focus on transformational journeys and may include the writings of Joseph Campbell, Plato, Paulo Coelho, Langston Hughes and Dr. Martin Luther King. 

To read more from students who have completed this course, please click here: Student Reflections - The Learner's Journey

Course Development:

Phase I: Developing the Course Concept

The Mona Lisa Module is the prototype for the Prism web page. Centered in this hypermedia virtual learning environment, study of the Mona Lisa will achieve a dynamic holistic quality. Students will journey through a contextualized, multidimensional, virtual world previously unavailable to them.

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Phase II: The Course

The Learner's Journey: A Prismatic Approach to College Studies. Designed to provide you more effective strategies for succeeding in a college environment. Texts used focus on transformational journeys, and may include the writings of Joseph Campbell, Paulo Coelho, Langston Hughes and Dr. Martin Luther King.

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