February 2009 – Page 8 – Silence and Voice

PPOCCID Class Begins Tonight

I am teaching PPOCCID (Principles and Practices of Online Course Creation and Instructional Design) again beginning this evening. I made the syllabus available for anybody who wants to see / use it (comments and feedback are very welcome!).

One of the ongoing assignments for my students will be to blog:

Course Blogs

Reflective Practice is a critical aspect of teaching and learning, and a fundamental element of teaching online involves acquiring a comfort with technology to communicate and collaborate.

Online learning is a more networked experience than traditional face-to-face (F2F) learning. Thus, students are required to use a blog for this course. Students may use their own blog (if they have one) or create a new one (Blogger, WordPress.com, or elsewhere). Blog posts should be done at least once a week discussing some learning or a reaction to anything in the course.

Making at least two comments every week on other course attendee blogs is required.

Let me set an example for our first posting!

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-02-02

Have to go to our Queens office this morning to enlist nurses into an internal research project. #
OK, that is it. Time to get some sleep! #
Still cleaning through email. #
Finished ironing clothes for the week. Let’ see; what else to do before sleep? #
No traffic at all in the Lincoln Tunnel. The Super Bowl is a great time to travel! #
Leaving the house and found another leak due to the ice. Had it with this winter. #
Doing the last load of laundry before the drive back. #
Been outside for hours with some people helping us get ice off the roof. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-02-01

Losing at a game of hearts. #
Do not feel I got much rest this afternoon. #
Been using a roof rake to get snow and ice off the roof. Ice back up into the front porch. #