Several of my friends, in the last 48 hours, have shared with me their concerns about having to turn traditional residential courses into online courses in a matter of days. Since they know I do all of my teaching online, I mainly get questions that are really best answered at the course design/development stage; changing… Continue reading Quick and Dirty Online Migration Tips
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It’s All Fun and Games Until…
The apostle Paul, in Romans 7, describes a condition of spiritual angst that is very familiar to most religious people. “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Later, in the same chapter, Paul summarizes his battle with sin;… Continue reading It’s All Fun and Games Until…
Better Never than Late
I recently mentioned to a colleague how my syllabi include a "no late-work" policy for course assignments. He asked me, "In a sentence, why did you harden up your late policy?" He knows better than to ask me to answer anything in a sentence. I have come to believe that having a "no late-work" policy… Continue reading Better Never than Late
J. Scott Self, Ph.D. 