Communications
Options
We offer a wide-range of options for using technology to communicate with
your class, as well as information on how to use the technology in teaching.
Class Mailing List (Lyris)
Every class has a class mailing list created for it automatically. The members
of the list are populated each night with the most current enrollment data from
the Registrar. Members communicate with each other through email.Faculty can
activitate the mailing list, add additional subscribers, and configure the list
using a link from their Electronic
Portfolio.
Email and Bulletin Boards within Blackboard
Blackboard has its own internal email and bulletin board systems for handling class
communications. Before planning a website for your course, you
may want to explore Blackboard as an easy-to-manage, integrated alternative.
About Pedagogy
Below are some links to Web resources dealing with how to incorporate these
communication tools into you course activities.
Extending the
Classroom Walls Electronically by Tom Creed
- a good discussion comparing different forms of electronic communication (email
as a private forum versus bulletin board as a public forum) along with an
example from Tom Creed's Psychology course
Effectively Using
Electronic Conferencing
- pertains to bulletin boards, such as that of Blackboard; includes a list of "Things to Do" and
"Things to Avoid"
Suggestions
for Incorporating Asynchronous Communication in Classes
- this document discusses limitations of non-electronic communication, the
advantages of electronic communication, the importance of planning to effective
use of a bulletin board in your course, and overall costs and challenges of
using one.
Eight Ways to
Get Students More Engaged in Online Conferences by W.R. Klemm
- self-explanatory!
Encourage
Student Discussion
- a teaching guide on how to get students involved in course discussions, from
Catalyst, the University of Washington's site devoted to teaching and learning
with new technologies.
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