Taking the Constructivist Path to Teaching Writing

As Pam, noted in the previous blog post we have a new course that focuses on the teaching of writing. Writing Across the Curriculum Online ® (WAC) features an in depth look at implementation and practice of the “Writing Workshop,” also known as “Writers’ Workshop.” Students of this course will have the opportunity to [...]

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What’s Next?

As you can tell, the Online Course Development team has been busy and we want to share our excitement with you!
During the Sakai implementation, we continued our efforts to improve our existing courses while developing additional course offerings. After all, that is our goal for PLS! Over the past two weeks, you’ve heard about Classroom Management (CM) and Merging [...]

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So Many Courses, So Little Time!

This summer we’re offering two new courses, Simulations and Gaming Technologies in the Classroom (SGT) and Reading Across the Curriculum (RAC), both of which have gone through field testing and are ready to go. Both courses have many features in common: current educational theory, hands on activities, and collaboration to create new products.
SGT delves into [...]

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Two Approaches to Course Revisions

Each week for the rest of May we’re going to look at some of our upcoming new and improved courses. In addition to our usual development of brand new courses, we’ve all been working on updating and revising some of our older online courses. Over the last six months, I’ve had the opportunity to work [...]

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PLS Online Development Team Presents at the TCC Online Conference

This is the third year we’ve attended the wonderful TCC  (Technolocy, Colleges & Community) virtual conference hosted by the University of Hawaii and Learning Times.  We presented for the second time.  The 2009 conference theme was: “Collaborative Learning, Social Networking, Technology Tools, and Best Practices.”  This year we decided to tell the story of our [...]

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