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Status report: Adding experts and graphics to the course
I will start with a confession: I have not yet reread the binders of material from my ION course. I look at them and think of at least six other things to do, including laundry, vacuuming, and, if you can … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged Apple, Bob Baker, copy editing, ION, learning styles, one-to-one, Snowflake microphone, Web
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No Wonder Retail Businesses Are in Trouble
I definitely think my next job is going to be as a mystery shopper. Decent customer service seems to be an endangered species. This week has been particularly notable for its frustrating shopping experiences, and I have finally decided a … Continue reading
Posted in PRISM, Uncategorized
Tagged camera, Cannon, Creve Coeur Camera, customer service, electronics, Office Depot, Radio Shack
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Running Out of Reasons for Not Writing My Course
If I thought I was going to graduate from my ION online course and immediately start writing my own, I was mistaken. It’s a bit more complicated than that—well, more than a bit. Writers are notorious for procrastination. In our … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged copy editor, facilitator, Illinois Online Network (ION), online learning, technology, writing
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Limbo Land (between the end of one thing and the beginning of another)
In a recent blog post on transitions. I wrote: Life transitions are confusing. Between endings and beginnings is a fallow space where nothing seems to be happening. Actually, it is a time of quiet creativity and renewal. Something new is … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged blog posts, creavity, instrcutional design, ION, tansition, writing
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The course is over, done, finis!
It’s hard to describe how it feels to unclench my whole body, which has been a wee bit tense for the last eight weeks. Probably the person who is the most aware of this is my sympathetic and supportive sister, … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged career, Illinois Online Network (ION), online course, teaching
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In the home stretch of my online course
I just turned in my final project today and can’t convey the feeling of relief. The assignment was to write a module for the course we intend to teach. I spent twelve hours on it, which seemed excessive; but now … Continue reading
Learning to Teach Online
I am a long way from teaching my online course, but as I read and research and learn, I am becoming more aware of the many things I will have to build into it as I design it. In the … Continue reading
The Space Between Endings and Beginnings
Life transitions are confusing. Between endings and beginnings is a fallow space where nothing seems to be happening. Actually, it is a time of quiet creativity and renewal. Something new is in the works. When most of us consider beginnings … Continue reading
Posted in Words To Live By
Tagged nuetral zone, Robert Fritz, transition, William Bridges
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Needed: a GPS for the new world of distance learning
I am more than half way through my course: two modules down, half way through the third. Most of the time I feel like a stranger in a strange land. Despite all my years of using a computer and exploring … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged Blackboard, e-learning, e-learnning, Elluminate, facilitator, instructor, Moodle, online course, postings, student. learner
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