Ruminations of an Online Instructor / MD 
An Edublog for sharing my thoughts, observations, reflections and resources about online education, online teaching, distance education, e-learning and web education from the view of a Physician, Professor, Health Educator and Online Student.
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Developing a Commenting Guide for Students on Day 29 - 527 days ago
The challenge for today was to develop an age-appropriate student commenting guide. Since I deal with college and graduate students, trying to get things down to the level of an elementary school student wouldn’t enter the picture, unless I put on.. Topics: 31 Day Comment Challenge, blog commenters, Blog Comments, Blogging, comment08, commenting, commenting guide, Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer, Edublog, online education, Online Instructors, Online Learning, Resources, Ruminations Blog, student bloggers, Teaching
Blog Comment Strategy for Day 28 - 528 days ago
In looking at the challenge activity for today, I suddenly realized that I don’t have a particular Blog Commenting Strategy.Prior to the challenge, I would comment under the following situations. I comment whenI find something or a post that I am... Topics: 31 Day Comment Challenge, Blog Challenge, Blog Comments, blog strategy, Blogging, comment08, Distance Education, Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer, Edublog, edublogger, online education, Ruminations Blog, Teaching
Researching Personal Branding on Day 27 - 529 days ago
I wasn’t exactly sure what constituted a “Personal Brand” so I started today’s activity by trying to figure it out. I found Michele’s Martin’s post on Building Your Online Brand: Start with the Message. She looked at... Topics: 31 Day Comment Challenge, blog commenters, Blog Comments, Blogging, comment08, commenting, Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer, education blog, Medical Profession, multimedia blogging, online education, personal blog brand, personal branding, Ruminations Blog, Teaching
Exploring Other Ways to Comment for Day 26 - 531 days ago
Since the challenge for today was to think about using multimedia and other ways to comment on blogs I decided to review and explore some ways of using multimedia in this blog and for blog commenting.My VokiThe first multimedia application that came to... Topics: 31 Day Comment Challenge, blog commenters, Blog Comments, Blogging, comment08, commenting, Distance Education, Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer, education blog, Educators Online, multimedia blogging, online education, Online Instructors, Online Learning, online lectures, Resources, voki, Voki Avatar
Day 25 - Gone Hiking…. - 532 days ago
The task for the day is to Take a Break. I saw this before today and decided to set something up in advance to take the day off (which is nice because it’s in the middle of a three day weekend).This image of sitting on top of a mountain is perfect.. Topics: 31 Day Comment Challenge, blog, blog burnout, blog fatigue, Blogging, comment08, Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer, Education Blogging, Education Blogs, Ruminations Blog





