Tag: online learning community

• Compassionate Pedagogy for Online Teaching

  

  In this blog post, I am collecting my thoughts as well as links to other people’s thoughts and writings about how to teach online from a perspective and position of compassion for learners. This information was originally collected on Twitter. Additionally, this notion of “compassionate pedagogy” is not limited to online teaching and learning but […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  May 13, 2020

  Communication Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Higher Education, Internet Studies

  communication, compassion, compassionate pedagogy, dialogue, online communication, online community, online education, online learning, online learning community, online learning environment, online teaching, pandemic

• Online Learning Communities with a Dominican Flair

  

  Online Learning Communities with a Dominican Flair: Arguing for applying the Dominican ethos to online higher education CarrieLynn D. Reinhard and Claire Noonan (Dominican University) Introduction It seems that everywhere one looks in the world of contemporary higher education, someone is making an argument for the elimination of faculty in favor of technology as the […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  February 15, 2016

  Communication Studies, Higher Education, Internet Studies

  charism, college, common good, Community, dialogue, Dominican, Dominican University, faculty development, higher education, MOOCs, online, online communities, online community, online education, online learning, online learning community, relationship, relationship-centered, relationship-centered education, social media, university

• On Online Education and Catholic Social Teaching

  

  Earlier this fall, I attended the annual EDUCAUSE convention in Orlando, Florida. I have written about my experience at the convention as it relates to my ongoing project investigating the relationship between online learning communities and Catholic social teaching as an approach to designing higher education. As part of my attendance at the convention, I […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 19, 2014

  Communication Studies, Higher Education, Internet Studies

  Catholic, Catholic approach, Catholic higher education, Catholic institutions, Catholic social teaching, Catholic university, Collegium, digital divide, Dominican University, EDUCAUSE, IT, MOOCs, online community, online education, online learning, online learning community, online teaching, pedagogy, SPOCs, technology, tools

• Community in Online Learning: Thoughts from EDUCAUSE

  

  Every year, there is a special gathering of individuals interested in improving the technologies of higher education. Faculty, IT administrators, inventors, entrepreneurs, the Big Dogs (i.e. Google, Microsoft, Dell, etc) convene for several days of talks, presentations, pitches, sales, and ideas. This get annual, international together is sponsored by EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit dedicated to improving […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 12, 2014

  Communication Studies, Higher Education

  active learning, backchannel, blended courses, Catholic higher education, Catholic social teaching, Community, digital divide, Education 1.0, Education 2.0, Education 3.0, EDUCAUSE, game design, gamification, higher education, Massive Open Online Course, MOOC, Ohio State University, online education, online learning, online learning community, online learning environment, participatory design, Relationships, Small Private Online Course, social justice, social media, social networks, SPOC, Web 2.0

• 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

• An Autoethnography of Collegium – Day Three

  

  Day 3: Monday, June 23rd The reason I came to Collegium is for a specific purpose, one that could potentially help my university.  So it is interesting that what I have gotten out of it so far has been more relevant to a research project that has been in the back of my mind for […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 23, 2014

  Communication Studies, Fandom, Internet Studies

  Catholic, Catholic ethos, Catholic higher education, Catholic university, Collegium, communal, Community, convergence, CSCA, ethos, Fandom, identity, intellectual, mission, online community, online education, online learning community, religion, Twitter