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POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP** UD OLLI Online (K204–06) Thursday 2:30–3:45 p.m. 2/8/2024–4/25/2024 Instructor: Mary Ellen Winkler-Gunn Number of class sessions: 11 Course format: Discussion For those who enjoy writing poetry or those who would like to try, this is an opportunity to read your poems to people interested in helping you improve as a poet. Specific assignments stretch you as a poet, while reading and critiquing poems can broaden your outlook and enrich your own work. Class participation and help with facilitation are encouraged.
WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION (MEMOIRS TOO)* UD OLLI Online (K221–06) Wednesday 9–10:15 a.m. 2/7/2024–4/24/2024 Instructor: Rae Tyson Number of class sessions: 11 • Class limit: 18 Course format: Discussion This new course combines two popular OLLI offerings: creative nonfiction and memoirs. Students have the opportunity to practice writing in both categories.
WRITING: SHORT STORIES
moments. Come! Write your memoirs! Notice: We request confidentiality. What you see, what you hear, when you leave, leave it here.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLE iOS 17 FOR IPHONE AND IPAD UD OLLI Online (L219–06) Tuesday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/6/2024–4/23/2024 Instructor: Sandro Cuccia Number of class sessions: 11 Course format: Lecture Prerequisite: Familiarity with basic operation of iPhone/iPad Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 were released in late 2023. There are several notable feature additions and improvements, as compared to iOS 16 covered a year ago. This course provides an overview consisting mostly of live and video demonstrations. While basic familiarity with the operation of an iPhone or iPad is required, having iOS/iPad OS 17 installed on your device is not necessary, allowing you to determine if this update is for you. Class details at LearnFromSandro.com.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: PROMISE AND PERIL
Trinity Faith Education Building, Lewes (K222–01) Monday 9–10:15 a.m. 2/5/2024–4/22/2024 Instructor: Peg Fisk Number of class sessions: 11 • Class limit: 16 Course format: Active (Hands-on)
UD OLLI Online (L221–06) Tuesday 10:45 a.m.–noon 2/6/2024–4/23/2024 Instructor: Nancy McDonald Number of class sessions: 11 Course format: Lecture, Video Based
Everyone has stories in their heads. The aim of this class is to get them out, to write them. By looking at professional writers and their short stories, we discuss their methods of writing. Then students write.
Artificial intelligence (AI), envisioned more than 70 years ago, is achieving significant successes almost on a weekly basis. These rapid advances are made possible by machine learning, a type of AI that enables computers to learn new capabilities without traditional programming. In addition to chatbots and self-driving cars, this course explores medical advances made possible through AI, as well as concerns for civil liberties and public discourse posed by uncontrolled technology.
YESTERDAY FOR TOMORROW** UD OLLI Online (K207–06) Monday 10:45 a.m.–noon 2/5/2024–4/22/2024 Instructor: Rose Greer Number of class sessions: 11 • Class limit: 30 Course format: Discussion Beginning and experienced writers practice principles and enjoy the pleasures of memoir writing. We write at home. Then in class, we read aloud our times of laughter, sorrow, fear and joy. We express our history, leave treasures for our descendants and inspire each other to chronicle memorable
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