Teaching: Ahead

Well, it's settled now--my first official "Online Teaching for Learning" seminar will be Thursday at 2:00 P.M., and several faculty members have said they will attend. I've decided on a framework of Perspective, Principle, Practice, and Promises, and will upload the PowerPoint file to the blog, once I get it done! My ITED 8100 students (current class) will form the "Practice" part of the seminars, and several of them have already responded to a request to write a welcome to my Hungarian colleagues in one of the discussion areas. Of course, the class has already assembled a large body of work, with over 500 postings in just the first five weeks. Quantity is not everything, but this course is structured to have the most writing and individual work in the first third of the class, and generally sets the tone that students should try to understand their own experiences in relation to the textbook concepts. This course appears to be developing as other times I've taught it--the students themselves, experienced educational professionals, are the greatest source of expertise and understanding of all. More later...