Documentation:TWP2015/Syllabus/Week 2: Sketching on the Blank Slate: Affordances of WordPress (1 week)

In week 2, we will:

• Discuss how the WordPress environment can be used to support varied teaching and learning goals.
• Share strategies for designing assessment and engagement activities in WordPress
• Reflect on benefits and limitations of using WordPress for teaching and learning

Topics

Topics to be covered in week 2 include:

• Overview of how WordPress is a flexible, blank-slate tool
• Examples of different teaching and learning approaches using WordPress
• Strategies for supporting common teaching and learning needs, including:
  • Enrolling students
  • Student discussions
  • Assessments
  • Applying open pedagogies to WordPress, specifically

Learning Activities

In week 2, we will:

• Read the assigned readings, which will consist of a curated list of resources on teaching with WordPress
• Watch short videos highlighting different teaching and learning projects using WordPress
• Pick one or two learning activities and explore in a blog post on their own site how they could be accomplished in WordPress. Comment on someone else’s post.
• Participate in a synchronous video/audio chat about using WordPress for teaching and learning
• Contribute an assignment to the assignment bank
• Participate in the weekly on potential risks in using WordPress as a learning environment