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*'''Audience''' - All [[WSU]] instructors interested in making D2L Home Pages more interactive. | *'''Audience''' - All [[WSU]] instructors interested in making D2L Home Pages more interactive. | ||
*'''Interview Date''' - 9/21/2010 | *'''Interview Date''' - 9/21/2010 | ||
− | *'''Tools Used''' - [[ | + | *'''Tools Used''' - [[Home_Pages_in_D2L| Home Pages in D2L]] |
==Meet the Faculty Member== | ==Meet the Faculty Member== | ||
Dr. Brandy Schillace received her MA and PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. At Case she taught a variety of courses and took part in a co-lead seminar for energy conservation. Her primary focus is, however, on 18th century British Literature and intersections of pedagogy, literature and medicine. As part of this varied focus, Brandy is the Managing Editor for Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, an international journal of cross-cultural health research. She has taught courses in composition and rhetoric to creative writing and technical communications for engineers. | Dr. Brandy Schillace received her MA and PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. At Case she taught a variety of courses and took part in a co-lead seminar for energy conservation. Her primary focus is, however, on 18th century British Literature and intersections of pedagogy, literature and medicine. As part of this varied focus, Brandy is the Managing Editor for Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, an international journal of cross-cultural health research. She has taught courses in composition and rhetoric to creative writing and technical communications for engineers. | ||
*[mailto:bschillace@winona.edu bschillace@winona.edu] | *[mailto:bschillace@winona.edu bschillace@winona.edu] | ||
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*[http://bschillace.wordpress.com Wordpress Blog] | *[http://bschillace.wordpress.com Wordpress Blog] | ||
==Viewing the Interview Segments== | ==Viewing the Interview Segments== | ||
− | The full interview is divided into '''four''' segments. Select play to begin viewing Segment 1. | + | The full interview is divided into '''four''' segments. Select play to begin viewing Segment 1. To advance to another segments at any time by using the Next [[File:Screen Shot 2012-10-18 at 10.34.59 AM.png|Next]] button. |
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==Good Practices== | ==Good Practices== | ||
− | * | + | *'''Provide students with an introduction to the course and instructor.' Brandy sets the tone of her course before the students ever walk in the door. She provide a unique look and feel to the course, video introduction to the instructor, and other resources she will be using. |
+ | *'''Set the expectation that resources will be used.''' She frequently references resources provided on the custom home page and then guides students to the relevant resources as they discuss the materials in class. | ||
+ | *'''Use standard widgets''' Why reinvent the wheel when there are many standard widget that may serve your student needs. | ||
+ | *'''Student reflection essays are used to ascertain impact of these resources.''' Brandy used the reflection essay to analyze feedback, what has been learned, and how specific resources were useful to their learning success. | ||
==Key Outcomes== | ==Key Outcomes== | ||
+ | *'''Interaction between students and between wider World.'''A key objective in Brandy's courses it to encourage interaction between students and help them begin having a conversation with a much wider audience. | ||
+ | *'''Students want and even expect to use these technologies.'''Feedback she receives from these resources indicate that her students want and expect to use resources that are going to connect them to her curriculum, each other, and to the larger World to prepare them not only to know the concepts from the course, but also the tools they use to apply these concepts in their communication. | ||
+ | ==Related Articles== | ||
+ | *[[Home_Pages_in_D2L| Home pages in D2L]] | ||
+ | *[[Home_Pages_in_D2L#Creating_a_Custom_Homepage|Creating Custom Home Pages in your D2L Courses]] | ||
+ | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9_KFhRI0j0 Custom Widget with RSS Feeds] This videos shows you how to take advantage of the power of [[RSS]] Feeds using [http://www.webrss.com/ WebRSS] to generate and embed these Custom Widgets into your D2L Course Homepages. | ||
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Meet the Faculty MemberDr. Brandy Schillace received her MA and PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. At Case she taught a variety of courses and took part in a co-lead seminar for energy conservation. Her primary focus is, however, on 18th century British Literature and intersections of pedagogy, literature and medicine. As part of this varied focus, Brandy is the Managing Editor for Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, an international journal of cross-cultural health research. She has taught courses in composition and rhetoric to creative writing and technical communications for engineers. Viewing the Interview SegmentsThe full interview is divided into four segments. Select play to begin viewing Segment 1. To advance to another segments at any time by using the Next button. |
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