Facilitating Community Blogging Circles
Providing lifelong learners a more responsive and inclusive learning space is crucial for increasing engagement because it sets out clear expectations for using technology for learning. What are the rules and expectations for participants while engaging in the different modalities Continue reading Enriching the Non-Formal Learning Space – Starting Questions
Providing yourself a more responsive and inclusive learning space is crucial for increasing engagement because you give yourself clearer goals for using technology for learning. What are the responsibilities and expectations for you while engaging in the different modalities (face Continue reading Becoming an Autonomous Learner
One of the concerns I have about enabling student blogging is that sometimes academics (and students, I hasten to add) entering into blogging with students have not themselves clearly identified heuristics for handling self-sponsored writing – blogging by students that is reflective, emotional and highly personal, and often not directly connected with anything being taught in the course. Continue reading Think-Aloud Blogging – Preparing for Formal Writing
Using Footnotes to describe way-making , and add context Using Title HTML tags to define, and elaborate on concepts Signalling register and voice changes Signalling in-line edits with the combination of the strikethrough and italics keys Inserting revisions and updates Continue reading Adding Texture to Academic Blog Posts
Fisher, 2001, Critical Thinking: An Introduction Fisher referred to Edward Glaser ‘s list that identified a number of critical thinking abilities: (Glaser, 2001, pg. 10). Identify reasons and conclusions Identify and evaluate assumptions Clarify and interpret expressions and ideas Continue reading Academic Blogging: Developing Critical Thinking