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Blogging at blogs.setonhill.edu
As we introduce blogging into the course, we will start slow, and there will be time in class for workshopping and trouble-shooting. We'll need a little time to adjust to the way technology affects the classroom, but my intention is always to push the house-keeping and info-dumping outside of class-time, to save more our limited class time for high-value, face-to-face discussions.
So what's going on?
In addition to these 15 minutes of video, notice that for today I've also posted a 30-minute audio lecture. I might have delivered both during class, but instead I'm assigning them for you to listen to and watch outside of class. My intention is to put move as much as possible of the one-way "info dump" out of the classroom, so that during our limited class time, we spend more time doing face-to-face work.
You're welcome to play these files while folding your laundry or during your commute. The idea is that when you come to class on Wednesday, you'll be ready to talk (and write) about this material. (Hint... there's a four-letter word that starts with Q.)
So what's going on?
In addition to these 15 minutes of video, notice that for today I've also posted a 30-minute audio lecture. I might have delivered both during class, but instead I'm assigning them for you to listen to and watch outside of class. My intention is to put move as much as possible of the one-way "info dump" out of the classroom, so that during our limited class time, we spend more time doing face-to-face work.
You're welcome to play these files while folding your laundry or during your commute. The idea is that when you come to class on Wednesday, you'll be ready to talk (and write) about this material. (Hint... there's a four-letter word that starts with Q.)
Doing some online prep work before we meet in person will help our in-class activities be more valuable. And the blogs are an important part of that online prep work. I don't expect everyone to get it right the first time, but let's give it a good try and see what happens.
As I reminded you in class last week, for every item marked as a "text" on the course website, I am asking for (at the very least)
- a brief quotation from the text, and
- what you would say about it if called on during class
- 2-4 comments that you post on the blog entries of your peers.
For now, these videos should get everyone up and running. (We will have time during this week's class for troubleshooting, but I'd like everyone to try before then.)
