That Blog About the Blog
It’s been three years since I began this website, and more specifically this blog, which in itself began as an afterthought. I had...
Active & Abroad: Staying Busy Overseas
My first consideration, then, was to integrate our field trips into the larger course theme, Empire and Identity, for our British Literature
Small Class Active Learning
I have several challenging opportunities for my active learning this summer. I’ll have a small class of ten students, we’ll be in the...
Group Eportfolios and Collaborative Learning
I’ve now started my eportfolio-based American Literature class, hoping to capture the success I had last year with the eportfolio-based...
Visualizing the Re-Designed Course
Our Course Re-Design seminar ended Thursday afternoon and the opportunity to think about the larger goals of my class and to collaborate...
Literature Course Redesigned for Eportfolio
In just over a month I will be participating in our Biggio Center's Summer Course (Re)Design Seminar in order to design a core literature...
Summer Plans to Wed Eportfolio and Active Learning in Literature Classes
As over the last several years I have been developing and using active learning strategies in both my composition and literature classes,...
Benefits of Reflective Assignments
Led by Dr. Lesley Bartlett, we began our workshop on reflective writing across disciplines yesterday by visiting Jenny Moon's list of...
Later Thoughts on the Eportfolio
What makes eportfolio viable as a pedagogy for our students should also be a significant factor in convincing our peers of its merit....
Early Thoughts on the Fall Eportfolio
I'm trying to create a model of the eportfolio design I want for my fall Composition I classes in our active learning classroom,...
