Blogs
Blogs are not necessarily a new technology, however introducing them into the classroom may be foreign to some people. I feel that if properly created, blogs can be used as an educational platform that keeps students engaged, involved, and curious. Below you will find two links to my instructional blog, one is for my Communication Theories Blog page, and the other is my Instructional Design Theories Blog page. The idea behind the communication theories blog is that as the instructor, I would begin the semester with my first entry at the bottom of the page, and as we progress through the class I will add to the blog, introducing each new area of discussion. Some may be an introductory entry where as others will have assignments attached to them, as you will see in the second entry, the top most entry when you visit the page. These assignments could be anything from web-quests to simple discussion questions. My instructional design theories blog page is meant to be informative page that students can use a reference throughout their course work. This blog could be expanded upon at anytime to introduce new concepts or areas of research.
The instructional blogs I created are intended for students in college who are entering the educational studies, communication studies, or psychology studies. The blogs are meant to be an introductory lesson only, which will be expanded upon in the future, ideally using the constructivist approach to learning. In order for a constructivist approach to be effective the students must have an introductory level of knowledge to build off of, so these lessons were developed to provide that introductory knowledge that the student will build upon in the next module. Also, blogs are not meant to be lengthy so they serve a wonderful purpose for introducing content.
Course Development
Using CourseSites by Blackboard I developed a simple course on how to properly schedule a meeting using Microsoft Outlook. The course can be found HERE. You will be prompted to sign into Blackboard to access the course. To enroll use the following access code: dries2015. Below you will find the proposal for the course along with the syllabus. Future modules can be added to this course for employees, as needed.
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