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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 In hybrid, also known as blended, courses some traditional face-to-face “seat time” has been replaced by online […]...

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Why 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...

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What 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...

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(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...

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Teaching 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...

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Why 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...

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Adapting 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...

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Teaching 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...

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Teaching 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...

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Checking 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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