Adventures of a Technology Challenged Online Instructor

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Week 14 – Still Playing Catch-Up – This was a difficult week

So, I was ready to just throw in the towel after this week’s assignments.  I don’t know what the problem was, but I just seemed to run into technical difficulty after technical difficulty.  But, alas, I have FINALLY completed both the slideshare presentation and the Eyejot message.  I was completely frustrated with slideshare.  I felt like […]

Week 13 – A little late

Wow, how did I fall so far behind already?  I think the start of the Spring semester, contracting the flu, and dealing with sick kids just left little time for me to stay on top of these assignments.  So, here I am playing “catch up” – which I absolutely hate to do! I don’t know […]

Looking Back (Week 12)

Wow – I cannot believe we’ve reached the half-way point of this course.  I feel a little conflicted about this – because I think am beginning to realize actually how much I DON’T know!  But learning is a process, and I’m making progress toward becoming a better student and,  more importantly, a better educator. Welcome […]

The Legalities of Online Teaching (Week 11)

I found this week’s material to be very informative, but now I’m wondering to myself if all my material is “legal.”  I’m pretty sure I haven’t infringed on any copyright issues, but now I’m going to go back to each week of my course and review everything I provide to students! Lessing’s TED talk on […]

Blogging About Student Blogging (Week 10)

After viewing Lisa’s slidecast and Jim’s Elluminate session, I was all excited to figure out a way to engage my students in the blogging process.  Nevermind that I just started blogging for this course and don’t really have much experience in the “blog-0-sphere” at all.  I think, at first, students would be reluctant to the […]

Creating Meaningful Online Student Activities (Week 9)

I promised myself that I wouldn’t get behind in this POT course, but here I am, playing catch up for Week 9. Ko & Rossen had some good ideas for creating student groups in Chapter 7.  As I’ve mentioned, I have wanted to add a group component in my online course, but wasn’t sure how […]

Turning Ideas Into Action (Week 8)

Maybe I’m just overwhelmed with all of the technology options that are out there, but I seem to have more and more questions than answers about how to utilize these tools. First off, I was all excited about “creating community” in my online sections, so I went into Blackboard and created a “chat” discussion board where […]

Creating Community in My Online Course (Week 7)

I’ve written several times about how I think I create community in my online class and where I feel I’m still lacking.  I definitely think it’s always a “work in progress” and I’m narrowing down various tools I want to include in my online course to help build this sense of community for students.  Pilar’s […]

It’s a Foreign Language to Me…. (Week 6)

I scored relatively high on the internet skills quiz – missing only one question (the one about an “open source” program).  But I don’t necessarily attibute that to my internet skills; it’s probably due to the fact that my husband works in IT and I hear the jargon frequently.  My theory was proven when I […]

My (somewhat) Interactive Syllabus – Week 5

When starting this week’s assignment, I thought I was going to be ashamed of the fact that my online syllabus is actually a pdf file posted in Blackboard under the “Syllabus” tab.  However, I learned from Lisa’s Elluminate Recording is that my course design does reflect many aspects of an interactive syllabus. As stated before, […]