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Teaching on WordPress: Introduction

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Hello,

Here is my short bio for a long post secondary teaching career. I have joined this open, online workshop to learn more about using WordPress for my courses in conjunction with the university LMS.

Bio.

English faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University since 1996, previously at UBC for 2 years and Thompson Rivers University for 6 years. 26 years of University English teaching experience. 12 years teaching online and loving it!! I have also become a bit of a cMoocoholic having participated in many online and networked communities with the theme of open education practices.

B.A. in Philosophy and English Literature (Concordia) ; M.A. in Liberal Studies / Interdisciplinary Studies of English Literature(SFU); TESOL Diploma (VCC); post graduate courses Faculty of English (UBC), Faculty of Education (SFU).

International Experience: In 2012 completed a scholarly exploration of the Romantic poets in Italy with SFU’s Graduate Liberal Studies Program; I spent May, June of 2012 on an Italian journey following the footsteps of Shelly, Byron and Goethe. Conducted a seminar on ‘Goethe in Rome’. April 2013 attended The International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference in Florence, Italy. 2014 and 2015 International Academic conferences in Barcelona and Rome.

My latest open education project was as co- creator and mentor in Open Online Experience 2013 (#OOE13) which was a free, online PD opportunity in edtech for K-16 educators.

Here are some of the badges I have earned in the past 2 years by participating in various online programs, seminars and Moocs. I keep these badges in my Mozilla backpack!

Co-Creator

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Hello #TWP15

Hi everyone, this is Mo Pelzel and this is my first post for the online course Teaching With WordPress. This course comes at a perfect time for me, as I am preparing a summer course, “How the Web Works: Building Your Digital Identity, Literacy, and Network,” which starts next week and runs for seven weeks at Austin College. So I’m blogging here on the site of that course. It’s a first time offering, so very experimental, so why not try out WP as a platform?

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Hello world!

A little about me.

I have only recently began self-identifying as an educator, but have been acting in this capacity for some time. In my youth I facilitated outdoor education at overnight camps in Alberta and Quebec. I also led sustainability tours of a local ski resort during my undergrad studies, and minored in Environmental Education (my BA was in Geography). I was a teaching assistant throughout my Masters studies as well as a tutor for undergraduates. Nearing the end of my Masters program (also in Geography), I participated in several workshops centered on instructional skills and completed a Certificate Program in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning. I wrote a teaching philosophy, practiced curriculum development, and began to see myself as an educator. Since graduating from my MA last year, I have jumped into teaching at the undergraduate level and also support academic programs as an Academic Assistant at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm. Both of these roles compel me to reflect critically on my teaching practice both in and out of the classroom.

I created this blog as part of a mini-MOOC called “Teaching with WordPress”. Throughout the 4 week course, I will use this tool as a way to work collaboratively and reflectively with my peers to think about open pedagogies. I also hope to think about the potential applications of using open educational resources in the outdoor classroom.