Online Engagement Strategies

Hi friends!! I just wanted to share this article with you guys real quick, it’s called Engagement Matters: Student Perceptions on the Importance of Engagement Strategies in the Online Learning Environment by Florence Martin and it essentially discusses three primary ways to encourage students to engage in class. The goals of these strategies are to student Read More…

Adding Images to myCourses Modules

Last semester, I read the “Personal” chapter of Personal, Accessible, Responsive, Strategic: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors by Jessie Borgman and Casey McArdle, and this reading encouraged the use of images in online writing instruction. Because of this, I started adding wordclouds to the overview of each module—the wordcloud containing text from the Read More…

WordPress Blog and Guiding Theme

Personally, I think utilizing WordPress for the purposes of a class blog is perfect. Seeing as WordPress is pretty intuitive to use (at least in my experience as an undergraduate, though, it has been a while since I’ve played around with the site), it should offer a great platform for creating, sharing, and exchanging thoughts Read More…