Tag: online learning communities

• Creating Classrooms for Social Justice | Edutopia

  The author, Dr. Dell’Angelo, makes some great points about how to use the idea of social justice to structure course content and course design. Her work also aligns with what I have been looking at in terms of applying Catholic social teaching and approaches to higher education to online learning communities. I am glad to […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 30, 2014

  Communication Studies, Higher Education

  Catholic, Catholic social teaching, Catholicism, higher education, online education, online learning, online learning communities, social justice, social teaching

• Online Learning Communities: A Dominican Conversation

  

  At my school on Tuesday, September 23rd, Dominican University hosted our fifth annual Caritas Veritas Symposium. These symposiums are times for our community of faculty, staff, and students to reflect upon the university’s Catholic mission of care and truth, of working to create a more just and humane world. There are presentations, discussions, and activities […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 24, 2014

  Communication Studies

  anonymity, asynchronicity, Caritas Veritas, Catholic ethos, Catholic higher education, Catholic social teaching, communication, Community, computer mediated communication, contemplation, discussion, Dominican University, fun, microaggressions, MOOCs, online communities, online community, online courses, online education, online learning communities, online learning community, play, Presence, reciprocity, Relationships, repercussions, social justice

• What Makes For a Good Online Community?

  If you have been following my posts this summer (summing up here), then you know one of the issues I am currently investigating is how to translate the Catholic approach to higher education from a face-to-face context to an online context.  For us at Dominican University, that means a continued focus on our relationship-centered approach […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  August 20, 2014

  Communication Studies, Internet Studies

  Catholic ethos, Catholic higher education, Catholic institutions, Catholic social teaching, college, higher education, online community, online education, online learning communities, relationship-centered education, Relationships