Requirements

Contributions to the community are REQUIRED and reflect your participation in:

  • WEEKLY Activities
  • Continual community commenting & feedback
Blog Posts

Throughout the course, you will be contributing to our community on your own blogs by responding to blog prompts provided by the course instructor. You are encouraged to initiate your own posts in response to the materials and resources shared throughout the course, as well as linking out to materials and literature to support your thinking. These resources will be provided in the form of multimedia videos, social media links, and reading links that are all available through the University of Victoria library.

In addition to authoring blog posts, you will be expected to contribute to the edci338 community by commenting on the posts of your peers. Review the blog feed for your section, select posts of interest and provide feedback or ask questions of other authors.

Set a goal for yourself of interacting with at least 2 other bloggers after a posted assignment. You are encouraged to diversify your interaction and reading of other learners in the community. You should find that these interactions lead to increased traffic on your own blog, which will provide opportunities to have your thinking supported, questions to answer, and possibly new connections made.

It is recommended that you comment on others’ posts by creating a new post on your own site and including a link to the post you are commenting on. This will create a ‘trackback’ on the original post, which is just like a comment. Make sure you check the comments on your own site because you will have to approve them before they are visible. You will see a notification in the side menu of WordPress when you have comments that need to be approved.

Screenshot of Comments

Screenshot of Comment notification.

Suggested Prompts for Comments

Please remember that these blogs are shared publicly, as are your comments. It is important to use your comments as a way to provide supportive, constructive feedback, initiate a conversation, or share connections. Keep your language positive, offer suggestions, and focus on the content of the blog post – discourse is encouraged.

Examples of positive engagement include:

  • My new thinking after reading your post is…
  • I agree with the idea of… because…
  • I am wondering if you have read this article/website/book (share a resource link)
  • I noticed that our thinking differs in this way…
  • A connection I made between your work and…is…
  • I really liked how you explained…and I am wondering if you can tell me more about…
  • Something I am wondering after reading your post is…
Assessment of Blog Posts

Blogging is worth 35% of your final grade and will be assessed as follows:

  • You must complete all assigned blog posts throughout the course.
  • Not all blog posts will be graded, all blog posts will be reviewed by the community and/or instructor.
  • You will be asked to submit six (6) of your blog posts to be selected for review of your work throughout the course.
  • Two (2) blog post of your choosing will be reviewed for grading – YOU will choose two (2) of the six (6) posts to be assessed by your instructor.
  • Your remaining posts will be reviewed (not graded) by your learning group to allow you to refine your thinking and clarify any misconceptions.