Tag: Social Media

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Considering Contract Grading and the Class Blog

In the Spring Semester I used class blogs to foster class discussion in my online classes (see Feedback Loops). I…

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What Can You Learn From And About Your Students?

Good teachers already know that we learn from our students every day. They teach us things about our world, technology, and…

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Learning Communities/Networks: Harnessing Social Media to Create Social Capital

On Friday, my friend and colleague Lee Skallerup Bessette presented a session at the 2013 Kentucky Innovations Conference. Our session,…

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I started teaching for the light bulb, but stay for NWP

Recently William Zhou asked “why teach” on Edudemic and I decided this week’s blog post would be my response to…

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Students Say Multiple Connections Make Learning Better and More Fun

Or What I Learned From Midterm Course Evaluations This semester I tried something new — midterm course evaluations. I was…

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Teaching/Technology: On Digital Learning Day

The 2013 Digital Learning Day was Feb. 6. How did you celebrate? I have a confession to make. I had big plans…