The use of blogs as a teaching tool in a course is nothing new and as shown in many literature, it is a popular tool with the present generation of professors and students who are increasingly very familiar and comfortable with using online technology for documenting and tracking of a student learning reflection, personal review and participation.<\/p>\n
However, the success and degree of online engagement between the instructor and students is possible only with careful strategizing and close integration with the course curriculum.<\/p>\n
Our session shares the use of WordPress to support a undergraduate class in chemistry and how the online activities were carefully planned to compliment the face-to-face time with the Professor and classmates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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