Documentation:TWP2015/Syllabus/Weeks 3 & 4: Pulling It All Together: Cohesive Course Design in WordPress (2 weeks)
In weeks 3&4, we will:
- Understand how WordPress can support their teaching goals
- Identify “advanced” teaching and learning functionalities in WordPress
- Use course structure as model learning network for support
- Experience working with WordPress and leave this course with a beginning of course/project shell
Topics
Topics to be covered in weeks 3&4 include:
- The lifecycles of WordPress Courses: creating new sites each term, using the same site, archiving
- Incorporation of external tools (i.e. Twitter, etc)
- Managing content strategies: separating content from the presentation layer
- Best practices for designing multi-platform learning pathways and minimizing confusion for students in working through multiple spaces
Learning Activities:
In weeks 3 & 4, we will:
- Develop a teaching and learning project or activity using WordPress
- Describe your learning project in a post on your own blog; comment on someone else's post
- Attend an in-person drop-in clinic or synchronous video/audio chat for WordPress support
- Provide support to your fellow participants using the course twitter hashtag or discussion forum
- Sign up to showcase your project either on the course site or in a short video.
- Attend showcase synchronous video/audio chat