OK, here are the week 2 questions with my responses: 1. How do you plan to design your online course to encourage free flow ideas and requests for clarification–discussion forums, email, chatrooms, team activities, other? I generally make use the discussion boards for clarification. I also generally set up a specific discussion board for clarification, [...]
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been some discussion online about the worth of peer review. Is it valuable, or is it antiquated? As an Assistant Professor who goes up for tenure next fall, allow me to contribute my two cents. I guess the real question behind this whole publish or perish (which [...]
See my previous post to see what my week one response was. Here is what classmate N. responded: I completely agree with you and I do not see why grading participation is so important. Obviously the ultimate goal is to teach the topics covered in a course effectively by enforcing critical thinking. As long as [...]
The book we are using is Teaching online: A practical guide, by Ko and Rossen. Week one had us reading chapters one and two. We then answered the following questions: Question #1: How would you implement online discussions in your course? Question #2: To help students become involved in an online course, what should be [...]
So I’ve been feeling the need to get back to blogging. It’s been tough, though, as I go up for tenure this coming fall, and I’ve been focusing on getting my research published. Actually, I guess I’ve been more “micro-blogging” on FaceBook. But my heart has been here. I know there is a lot being [...]