{"id":1964,"date":"2015-08-07T14:47:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T21:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/?page_id=1964"},"modified":"2015-08-07T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T21:47:40","slug":"week-2-affordances-of-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/syllabus\/week-2-affordances-of-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2: Affordances of WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Week 2: Sketching on the Blank Slate: Affordances of WordPress<\/h1>\n<blockquote><p>You\u2019re designing a web not a website.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 Stephen Downes From his talk: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/Downes\/design-elements-in-a-personal-learning-environment\" target=\"_blank\">Design Elements in a Personal Learning Environment<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss how the WordPress environment can be used to support varied teaching and learning goals.<\/li>\n<li>Share strategies for designing assessment and learning activities in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on benefits and limitations of using WordPress for teaching and learning<\/li>\n<li>Build, refine your WordPress course environment and post for feedback on design decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"purpose\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1077\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/05\/computer.png\" alt=\"computer\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><b>Monday June 8, 12-1pm Pacific (3pm Eastern, 19:00 UTC): WordPress for teaching webinar.<\/b> Join <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Hendricks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Levine<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/homonym.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tannis Morgan<\/a> for a deep dive (or shallow wade?) into the WordPress waters to talk about various ways in which we use WordPress for teaching and learning. This will be on Google Hangouts, broadcast live on YouTube. <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/cn4kc2cqh678vhrfgo4d6ua4q30\" target=\"_blank\">You can watch the recording here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"random-accordion-id-216\" class=\"accordion-shortcode  ui-accordion ui-widget ui-helper-reset\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"random-accordion-id-848\" class=\"accordion-shortcode  \">\n<h3 ><a href=\"#suggested-topics-0\" >Suggested Topics<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"suggested-topics-0\" class=\"accordian-shortcode-content \" ><\/p>\n<p>Overview of how WordPress is a flexible, blank-slate tool<br \/>\nExamples of different teaching and learning approaches using WordPress<br \/>\nApplying open pedagogies specifically to WordPress<br \/>\nStrategies for supporting common teaching and learning needs, including:<\/p>\n<p>* Logins<br \/>\n* Contributing content<br \/>\n* Discussions<br \/>\n* Assessments<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 ><a href=\"#curated-readings-1\" >Curated Readings<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"curated-readings-1\" class=\"accordian-shortcode-content \" ><\/p>\n<div class='wiki-embed  wiki-target-url-not-set' rel='http:\/\/wiki.ubc.ca\/Documentation:TWP2015\/Readings\/Week_2'>\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"wiki-embed-shell wiki-embed-fragment-count-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fragment-fdb8090f838a988d88ef576a26b22f23-0\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"WordPress_101\">WordPress 101<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start of content wiki-embed -->\n<ul><li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/ELI7076.pdf\">Educause's 7 Things You Should Know About WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/wordpress-a-better-lms\/23050\">WordPress a Better LMS<\/a> - Brief overview of what makes WordPress a good teaching &amp; learning platform.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/etec.ctlt.ubc.ca\/510wiki\/WordPress_as_an_Educational_Tool\">WordPress as an Educational Tool<\/a> - Overview and introduction on using Wordpress in education. Developed as part of UBC's ETEC510 course. Plug-in section is a bit out of date.<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- end of content wiki-embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fragment-fdb8090f838a988d88ef576a26b22f23-1\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Affordances_of_Educational_Technology\">Affordances of Educational Technology<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start of content wiki-embed -->\n<ul><li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/visuals\/shared\/er\/extras\/2014\/ReclaimingInnovation\/default.html\">Reclaiming Innovation<\/a> - Brian Lamb &amp; Jim Groom's Educause article that explores the question \"What goals and strategies should we be pursuing if we want to reclaim innovation as a positive force as higher education continues to engage with digital and networked technologies?\"<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/hackeducation.com\/2014\/11\/04\/programmed-instruction-versus-the-programmable-web\/\">The Future of Education: Programmed or Programmable<\/a> Audrey Watters explores the future of Education and Ed-Tech: \"To transform education and education technology to make it \"future-facing&rdquo; means we do have to address what exactly we think education should look like now and in the future. Do we want programmed instruction? Do we want teaching machines? Do we want videotaped lectures? Do we want content delivery systems? Or do we want education that is more student-centered, more networked-focused.\"<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/hackeducation.com\/2014\/09\/05\/beyond-the-lms-newcastle-university\/\">Beyond the LMS<\/a> - Audrey Waters argues that education technology should move beyond the LMS model: \"Ed-tech must not be about building digital walls around students and content and courses. We have, thanks to the Web, an opportunity to build connections, build networks, not walls \"<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- end of content wiki-embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fragment-fdb8090f838a988d88ef576a26b22f23-2\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span id=\"Discussions.2C_Assessments.2C_Interactions.2C_Contributions\"><\/span><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Discussions,_Assessments,_Interactions,_Contributions\">Discussions, Assessments, Interactions, Contributions<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start of content wiki-embed -->\n<ul><li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/williamwolff.org\/composingspaces\/teaching-students-how-to-create-meaningful-tags\/\">Teaching Students How To Create Meaningful Tags<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- end of content wiki-embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fragment-fdb8090f838a988d88ef576a26b22f23-3\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-3 wikiembed-fragment-last\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span id=\"Issues.2C_Challenges.2C_Opportunities\"><\/span><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Issues,_Challenges,_Opportunities\">Issues, Challenges, Opportunities<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start of content wiki-embed -->\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Copyright\">Copyright<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/copyright.ubc.ca\/files\/2015\/04\/Open-Course-and-Educational-Resource-Guidelines-21-04-2015.pdf\">UBC Copyright Office Guide to Open Courses and OER<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/copyright.ubc.ca\/guidelines-and-resources\/support-guides\/creative-commons\/\">UBC Copyright Office Guide to Creative Commons<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Student_Privacy\">Student Privacy<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/ltlatnd.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/19\/taking-steps-to-respect-student-privacy-in-public-work\/\">Chris Clark of the Kaneb Center at the University of Notre Dame on respecting student privacy in public work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/bavatuesdays.com\/you-cant-spell-ferpa-without-fear\/\">You Can't Spell FERPA Without FEAR<\/a>: Jim Groom explores how his WordPress service respect's student privacy: \"by giving students their own spaces online wherein they control their online identities, decide what they will share and won&rsquo;t, and take control over the disclosure of their own data we are more FERPA compliant than any other system on campus\".<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20261019075741\nCache expiry: 86400\nReduced expiry: false\nComplications: [show&#8208;toc]\nCPU time usage: 0.006 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.007 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 17\/1000000\nPost&#8208;expand include size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/100\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0\/20\nUnstrip post&#8208;expand size: 0\/5000000 bytes\n-->\n<!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%    0.000      1 -total\n-->\n\n<!-- Saved in parser cache with key mediawiki:pcache:idhash:61514-0!canonical and timestamp 20261019075741 and revision id 371320. Rendering was triggered because: page-view\n -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- end of content wiki-embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><span class=\"wiki-embed-source\">source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.ubc.ca\/Documentation:TWP2015\/Readings\/Week_2\">http:\/\/wiki.ubc.ca\/Documentation:TWP2015\/Readings\/Week_2<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<h3 ><a href=\"#learning-activities-2\" >Learning Activities<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"learning-activities-2\" class=\"accordian-shortcode-content \" ><\/p>\n<p>In week 2, you\u2019re invited to engage:<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-386\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/oneperson.png\" alt=\"oneperson\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0On Your Own<\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-482\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/04\/read.png\" alt=\"read\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0Read<\/strong> the assigned readings, which will consist of a curated list of resources on teaching with WordPress<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/contribute.png\" alt=\"contribute\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <strong><strong>Choose<\/strong> <\/strong>one or two learning goals from your own course and explore in a blog post on your own site how they could be accomplished in WordPress. Comment on someone else\u2019s post.<strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/contribute.png\" alt=\"contribute\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Explore<\/strong> <\/strong>some of the open course examples you'll be introduced to this week.<strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-387\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/watch.png\" alt=\"watch\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Watch<\/strong> <\/strong>short videos highlighting different teaching and learning projects using WordPress:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screencast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Opd088pOtx8\">Examples of WordPress for Teaching &amp; Learning at UBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/blogging-bootcamp-video-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Screencast by a participant in #TWP15<\/a> on a \"blogging bootcamp\" helping people use <acronym class=\"c2c-text-hover\" title=\"\" data-hasqtip=\"0\"><abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='WordPress'>WP<\/abbr><\/acronym>blogs in education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aYh6VTLrLSE\" target=\"_blank\">Screencast by Alan Levine<\/a> on various courses that use FeedWordPress to aggregate blogs into a single site (like this course does)--includes a discussion of <a href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\" target=\"_blank\">DS106<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/rmooc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">RMOOC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thoughtvectors.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thought Vectors<\/a>, and more\n<ul>\n<li>If you want more of the nitty gritty of how to use FeedwordPress, check out this s<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WppuAdvD2zk\" target=\"_blank\">screencast by Alan Levine<\/a> on using FeedWordPress on the \"inside,\" through the dashboard on your <acronym class=\"c2c-text-hover\" title=\"\" data-hasqtip=\"1\"><abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='WordPress'>WP<\/abbr><\/acronym> site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/contribute.png\" alt=\"contribute\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0Implement<\/strong> prototype architecture for your course in WordPress.<strong> See Activity Support Notes for more information.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-638\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/04\/reflect40x40.png\" alt=\"reflect40x40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> Reflect<\/strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.ubc.ca\/Documentation:TWP2015\/Self_Assessment\/Week_2\">Week 2: Reflection\/Self Assessment Guide<\/a>. You can either post this to your blog or keep it for your own use.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-388\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/twopeople.png\" alt=\"twopeople\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0With Others<\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/contribute.png\" alt=\"contribute\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0Participate<\/strong> in a synchronous video\/audio chat about using WordPress for teaching and learning<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/contribute.png\" alt=\"contribute\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Contribute<\/strong> an assignment to the assignment bank, based on the learning goal and activity discussed in your post.<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-493\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/reuse-01.png\" alt=\"reuse-01\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0Post\/Discuss<\/strong> (in comments or blogs posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/week-2-discussions\/\" target=\"_blank\">the \"weeklies\" for week 2<\/a>) the following topics:<br \/>\n* What are the benefits and risks involved in open learning environments? For you? For learners? Respond to someone else's post as well.<br \/>\n* What does \"designing a web\" mean in the context of your course\/project? Please respond to someone else's post as well.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-494\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachwordpress\/files\/2015\/03\/twitter.png\" alt=\"twitter\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Tweet<\/strong> using the course twitter hashtag to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>share an open resource that reflects your philosophy on what constitutes effective design for open.<\/li>\n<li>share a link to WordPress course site that you like - tell us why.<\/li>\n<li>your \u201cbig question\u201d for the week (include #quest with #TWP15)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 ><a href=\"#activity-support-notes-3\" >Activity Support Notes<\/a><\/h3><div id=\"activity-support-notes-3\" class=\"accordian-shortcode-content \" ><\/p>\n<div class='wiki-embed  wiki-target-url-not-set' rel='http:\/\/wiki.ubc.ca\/Documentation:TWP2015\/Activities\/week2'>\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"wiki-embed-shell wiki-embed-fragment-count-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fragment-23e10f856f026f62d6b4f6833c73c134-0\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Choosing_Learning_Goals\">Choosing Learning Goals<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start of content wiki-embed -->\n<p>It is useful to be clear about your goals for supporting learning and consider how they might be supported by learning activities, interactions and assessments in the WordPress platform and in open teaching and learning. By communicating these goals it can assist learners direct their effort, monitor their progress and provide them with signposts and milestones as they complete the course, or activity. As an instructor they can help you to select content and activities.\n<\/p><p><br>\nAngelo and Cross developed a Teaching Goals Inventory that may be quite helpful to you in assessing the sorts of learning that you focus your efforts on as a teacher. They have an online <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/fm.iowa.uiowa.edu\/fmi\/xsl\/tgi\/data_entry.xsl?-db=tgi_data&amp;-lay=Layout01&amp;-view\">inventory for self assessment.<\/a>\n<\/p><p>Carnegie Mellon University offers an excellent resource on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/teaching\/resources\/Teaching\/CourseDesign\/Objectives\/CourseLearningObjectivesValue.pdf\">the value of learning objectives<\/a> in promoting student learning.\n<\/p><p><br>\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Background_on_Learning_Goals\">Background on Learning Goals<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Course goals are broad statements about what learners will have achieved by the end of the course. They are meant to be enduring and will provide the basis for the development of learning objectives, which are more specific and fine-tuned.  Using the metaphor of your course as a building, the course goals might be the foundation and the objectives the scaffolding - important to the construction, but not the same as the foundation.\n<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Taxonomies\">Taxonomies<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Taxonomies can be helpful in preparing to write course goals. These may include:\n<\/p>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celt.iastate.edu\/teaching-resources\/effective-practice\/revised-blooms-taxonomy\/\">Bloom's Taxonomy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/edorigami.wikispaces.com\/file\/view\/bloom%27s+Digital+taxonomy+v3.01.pdf\">Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - A. Churches<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dee Fink's <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.designlearning.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Procedures-for-Assessing-Significant-Learning.pdf\">Taxonomy of Significant Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wiggins &amp; McTighe <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/faculty.fullerton.edu\/npelaez\/BIOL102\/UBDrubric.htm\">6 Facets of Understanding<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Well written <b>course goals<\/b> often have the following characteristics:\n<\/p>\n<ul><li>Descriptive and Learner-Centered: \"What will learners be able to do, apply, connect, demonstrate as a result of their learning in the course?\"<\/li>\n<li>Measurable (for you and learners): \"How will you (and learners) know when they have achieved this?\"<\/li>\n<li>Clear and understandable: \"Will the learner know what this means?\"<\/li>\n<li>Appropriately general: \"Is this an overarching goal appropriate to the completion of the course?\"<\/li>\n<li>Suited to the level of the course<\/li>\n<li>Leading to authentic, real-world applications.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Explore_learning_goals_for_your_WordPress_Course.\">Explore learning goals for your WordPress Course.<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol><li>Choose one or two learning goals from your own course and explore in a blog post on your own site how they could be accomplished in WordPress. Consider how you will assess these learning goals? What learning activities specific to open teaching or WordPress may be effective in achieving these goals?<\/li>\n<li>Comment on someone else&rsquo;s post. In your comments discuss learning goals that you have used in WordPress courses, and challenges and constraints you have run into and strategies you have used to deal with them. What other activities might be useful in meeting these course goals?<\/li><\/ol>\n<!-- end of content wiki-embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fragment-23e10f856f026f62d6b4f6833c73c134-1\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Implement_prototype_architecture_for_your_course_in_WordPress.\">Implement prototype architecture for your course in WordPress.<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start of content wiki-embed -->\n<p>For this exercise, you might:\n<\/p>\n<ul><li>Have a conversation with yourself about the design (some suggested questions to get you started under First Steps).<\/li>\n<li>Prototype with a drawing. Consider the sort of course \"web\" you need to build to support learning around your course themes, questions, intentions.  Draw this out using a piece of paper and a pencil to start or , if you prefer to keep everything digital, choose your favorite drawing app or mindmapping tool.  It is helpful to start simple with a prototype and work from there. Once you have something you think will work:<\/li>\n<li>Create the structure in your WordPress course  (or refine what you already have).<\/li>\n<li>Save your drawing - you may want to use it in your blog post or screencast when it comes time to share your work in progress in Week 3.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"First_Steps\">First Steps<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Prior to implementing a design, structure for your course, it may be useful to have a conversation with yourself about exactly how you expect learners to interact with the course. As you consider these questions, note down any practices that you need to learn more about or search for plug-ins that may fit your goals.\n<\/p><p>Consider elements of effective design for an open course:\n<\/p>\n<ul><li><b>Autonomy<\/b>: How will you emphasize choice (in terms of learning pathway, approach, interests, etc? Is it important that learners share their goals for the course, if so how will you implement an approach for this?  How will learner's know what your goals are?  Are they explicit linked to assessment practices and activities?<\/li>\n<li><b>Openness<\/b>: in terms of access, content, activities and assessment. Are you using open resources, readings, texts, etc.? Are there certain aspects of the course that require privacy? If so, how will you set this up?  Will your participants be added to your course (as users) or are you bringing them together via other strategies (using feeds for example). What role will learners play in assessing their\/others'work? What role will you play? What strategies do you need to support that work?<\/li>\n<li><b>Interactivity<\/b>: How will learners be interacting with one another in the course?  Where will discussions take place? How will learners share their work? In what ways will you encourage the practice of \"uncoverage\"? Mark Sample provides a basic overview of this concept <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/teaching-for-uncoverage-rather-than-coverage\/35459\">in this article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Diversity<\/b>: How will you account for multiple ways of representing ideas? How might varied perspectives be acknowledged in course interactions?  What strategies will you use to encourage\/support diversity of perspectives and a respectful climate for exchange of ideas?<\/li>\n<li><b>Way finding<\/b>: what strategies will you use to orient your learners to the course and its networks and processes?<\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Help_With_WordPress\">Help With WordPress<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul><li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/category\/how-to\/\">WordPress TV How-Tos<\/a> - a set of tutorials on general things you need to know to set up your site.<\/li>\n<li>WP Beginner offers a variety of video based WP tutorials on a variety of topics - slightly more advanced than WordPress TV.: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/wpbeginner\/playlists\">WPBeginner: WordPress Tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elegantthemes.com\/blog\/tips-tricks\/how-to-use-wordpress-as-a-learning-management-system\">How To Use WordPress As A Learning Management System<\/a> - Long overview (somewhat vendor-ish) article on using WordPress as an LMS] but helpful in considering some traditional course architecture.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/2014\/07\/14\/feed-wordpress-101-the-basics\/\">Feed WordPress 101 - the Basics<\/a>: because many things will be accomplished in your course through the use of feeds - so knowing how to use FeedWP can be very useful<\/li>\n<li>Here is a list of <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.ubc.ca\/Documentation:TWP2015\/WordPress\/PlugIns\">Plug-ins and Resources<\/a>, tools to help you do things like discussions, polls, submitting forms, and more.<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- end of content wiki-embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fragment-23e10f856f026f62d6b4f6833c73c134-2\" class=\"wikiembed-fragment wikiembed-fragment-counter-2 wikiembed-fragment-last\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Contribute_an_assignment_to_the_assignment_bank.\">Contribute an assignment to the assignment bank.<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start of content wiki-embed -->\n<p>The \"assignment bank\" we have set up for this course is designed to house assignments that instructors might give to their students for doing activities or assessments in WordPress. 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