{"id":54,"date":"2012-10-02T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.miracosta.edu\/jproppemusic\/?p=54"},"modified":"2012-10-02T18:15:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:15:56","slug":"is-there-anybody-out-there-pink-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.miracosta.edu\/jproppemusic\/2012\/10\/02\/is-there-anybody-out-there-pink-floyd\/","title":{"rendered":"“Is there anybody out there?” – Pink Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My online course has doubled in size this term so I have been anticipating a big increase in my workload. The initial series of emails and getting-started instructions did grow, but they were manageable largely due to some of the great tools I learned in the Pedagogy First program last year such as creating short introductory tutorial videos that I can post or send to confused students and saving standard email replies for frequently asked questions.<\/p>\n

Now things are relatively quiet.<\/span> \u00a0 \"\"<\/a>\u00a0 photo credit: Neal.<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n

I keep wondering if there is something horribly wrong that I have not caught.<\/span><\/p>\n

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photo credit: Domiriel<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n

Nope.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Discussions are going well, assignments are better than I have ever seen in the course, and only a very few students are encountering any true technical abilities. But, I keep wondering, “Is there anybody out there?”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> photo credit: moominsean<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n

This year I have added a significant number of introductory videos, extra links for course resources, example essays from previous terms, and more FAQs. Maybe all these additions are actually working. Maybe the silence I am experiencing is not student apathy or confusion, but maybe, just maybe, the course is working better for this group of students.<\/p>\n

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