3 reasons I love teaching hybrid courses
Much of my teaching career at Morehead State has included teaching hybrid courses. In hybrid, also known as blended, courses some traditional face-to-face “seat time” has been replaced by online […]...
View ArticleWhy I Made My Composition Classes Textbook-Free Zones
This semester I finally moved to make both of my general education writing classes textbook-free zones. I have long been able to jettison textbooks for my Writing I classes, but […] The post Why I Made...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Life Forces Your Class Online?
As COVID-19 spreads across the globe and the United States, I have watched education Twitter burst into flames as instructors who have never taught online are suddenly faced with the […] The post What...
View Article(Re)Orientation
Recently a colleague of mine, Jeffrey Klausman of Whatcom Community College, asked our professional listserve what training colleges were providing students for this sudden switch to online. And of...
View ArticleTeaching In A Time Of Pandemic: Dispatches from Metawriting
I’ve been teaching online and hybrid classes for more than a dozen years. I designed and piloted Morehead State’s online versions of Writing I and II as well as the […] The post Teaching In A Time Of...
View ArticleWhy I’m HyFlexing My HyperDocs This Fall
In which I take you on a tortuous journey through my thinking, planning, and preparing to teach college writing classes during a pandemic and why I’ve decided that HyFlex design […] The post Why I’m...
View ArticleAdapting Your Blackboard Shell
Over the course of the 15+ years I have taught online and hybrid classes I have experimented with many of Blackboard’s features to support communication and collaboration. This blog post […] The post...
View ArticleTeaching Online: Things Just Got Real
I have the benefit of 15+ years experience teaching online and hybrid classes combined with multiple experiences as a student/learner in online classes and programs. Recently I’ve been asked a […] The...
View ArticleTeaching With #HyperDocs
I’ve been a big #HyperDocs fan for years now, but pandemic teaching has pushed me into superfan territory. I was first introduced to HyperDocs (Google docs designed to support learning) […] The post...
View ArticleChecking In
Teaching and learning during a pandemic is hard. Creating and sustaining community during a pandemic is hard. I chose a HyFlex design for my first-year writing class in place of […] The post Checking...
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