Comments for Online Instructors' Lounge (OIL) http://teachandlearnonline.com Online Instructors Fuel Online Learning! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:36:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on 7 Ways to Participate in Online Discussions by Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/12/05/7waysdisc/#comment-10 Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:21:47 +0000 http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/12/05/7waysdisc/#comment-10 Some great tips there Denise. I have never conducted an online interactive class and I hadn't considered the techniques than needed to be understood. Hope you never need to post No7 again. Some great tips there Denise. I have never conducted an online interactive class and I hadn’t considered the techniques than needed to be understood. Hope you never need to post No7 again.

]]> Comment on “Signing On” to Learning by   “Signs” of Progress in e-Learning - What Can Tech Do for You? http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/12/03/slcaption/#comment-8   “Signs” of Progress in e-Learning - What Can Tech Do for You? Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:47:20 +0000 http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/12/03/slcaption/#comment-8 [...] needed a post today so I linked to a cool story about sign language captioning on an online course there.  Check it [...] […] needed a post today so I linked to a cool story about sign language captioning on an online course there.  Check it […]

]]> Comment on Do teach or facilitate? by Leigh http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/11/15/teachorfacilitate/#comment-6 Leigh Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:32:04 +0000 http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/11/15/teachorfacilitate/#comment-6 Important to clarify that I don't see it as an either/or. Rather, a decentralisation. There is still a teacher, but they are called in when needed. The facilitator is the one who builds relationships, books meeting rooms, and networks with teachers and calls them in when needed. Important to clarify that I don’t see it as an either/or. Rather, a decentralisation. There is still a teacher, but they are called in when needed. The facilitator is the one who builds relationships, books meeting rooms, and networks with teachers and calls them in when needed.

]]> Comment on Welcome to OIL! by Denise Lance http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/08/09/welcome-to-oil/#comment-5 Denise Lance Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:17:16 +0000 http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/08/09/welcome-to-oil/#comment-5 Thanks so much, John. I will look at that PlugIn. I reloaded the theme files on the server, so now I have to go back and change the colors again!: -( Thanks so much, John. I will look at that PlugIn. I reloaded the theme files on the server, so now I have to go back and change the colors again!: -(

]]> Comment on Welcome to OIL! by John Pozadzides http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/08/09/welcome-to-oil/#comment-4 John Pozadzides Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:50:33 +0000 http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/08/09/welcome-to-oil/#comment-4 A few other little things: - I would recommend that you allow users to comment without registering. 99% of people will simply not do it. And you need comments and discussion to help make the site lively. - You can use anti-spam plugins to help keep the rif-raf out. The three best are <a href="http://akismet.com/" rel="nofollow">Askimet</a>, <a href="http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/" rel="nofollow">Bad Behavior</a>, and <a href="http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/" rel="nofollow">Spam Karma 2</a>. - Did you modify any of the CSS related to the commenting? I used an Ordered list in the comments, but the numbering didn't show up. This is probably a bug I need to fix, but wanted to make sure you didn't change anything there. John A few other little things:
- I would recommend that you allow users to comment without registering. 99% of people will simply not do it. And you need comments and discussion to help make the site lively.
- You can use anti-spam plugins to help keep the rif-raf out. The three best are Askimet, Bad Behavior, and Spam Karma 2.
- Did you modify any of the CSS related to the commenting? I used an Ordered list in the comments, but the numbering didn’t show up. This is probably a bug I need to fix, but wanted to make sure you didn’t change anything there.

John

]]> Comment on Welcome to OIL! by John Pozadzides http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/08/09/welcome-to-oil/#comment-3 John Pozadzides Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:35:04 +0000 http://teachandlearnonline.com/2007/08/09/welcome-to-oil/#comment-3 Denise, It looks like you already have a long history of working with the Web so I'm glad to see that you are putting up your own site now! :-) Good luck with this venture, and keep in mind that to really establish a community around the site here it's going to take three things: Good content - since you are using the Rapid Access theme the search engines will have no problem indexing it. A little self promotion - don't be ashamed to put your URL in your e-mail signature, participate in relevant discussion forums with your URL in the signature, and read and comment on other blogs. Also tell your friends and family to subscribe and help keep you motivated. Persistence - it took me 6 months of blogging every day before I started feeling good about the results. Know that this is not an instant gratification activity. But if you stick with it I promise your traffic will grow over time. That is the universal truth of the Web. Take care, John Denise,

It looks like you already have a long history of working with the Web so I’m glad to see that you are putting up your own site now! :-)

Good luck with this venture, and keep in mind that to really establish a community around the site here it’s going to take three things:

Good content - since you are using the Rapid Access theme the search engines will have no problem indexing it.
A little self promotion - don’t be ashamed to put your URL in your e-mail signature, participate in relevant discussion forums with your URL in the signature, and read and comment on other blogs. Also tell your friends and family to subscribe and help keep you motivated.
Persistence - it took me 6 months of blogging every day before I started feeling good about the results. Know that this is not an instant gratification activity. But if you stick with it I promise your traffic will grow over time. That is the universal truth of the Web.

Take care,

John

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