Category Archives: POT class blog posts

Creating community in a live classroom is enough of a challenge and I’m not looking forward to trying to do that in my first fully online class in the fall.  My experience with discussion boards has been disappointing and it … Continue reading →

I’m finding the readings and examples very motivating.  In fact, I have already started redesigning my on-ground Blackboard site using some of the suggestions from chapters 3 & 5.  I especially liked some of the techniques that Pilar used in … Continue reading →

I was never a fan of group projects when I was a student and the feedback I get from a majority of students today is similar, they just don’t like them much, often for very legitimate reasons. The “Seven Principles” … Continue reading →

The link below is to a letter which appeared in the Wall Street Journal, 2 Sept 2014, from a Stanford economics professor, John Taylor, regarding his, and Stanford’s, experience offering the school’s first totally online undergraduate credit course.  The resources … Continue reading →

I’m Robert Chamberlain and I am a C.P.A. and teach accounting and business courses at MiraCosta and Palomar Colleges.  I have been teaching only face-to-face classes although I use Blackboard quite a bit.  In the spring I will be teaching … Continue reading →

Well, at least I have a place for a blog.  Now what to do with it?  The challenge will be making sure I make the time to actually use it, which should be easier after we get through the semester’s … Continue reading →