{"id":8160,"date":"2011-11-07t10:31:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-07t16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=8160"},"modified":"2013-05-23t13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23t18:14:05","slug":"motivating-students-through-authentic-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/11\/motivating-students-through-authentic-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"motivating students through authentic audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>cft acting director derek bruff authored an essay titled “a social network can be a learning network<\/a>” that appears in this week’s special issue of the chronicle of higher education<\/em> on online learning. in the essay, derek uses the notion of social pedagogies<\/em> to frame three educational technologies (social bookmarking, backchannels, and collaborative documents) that can be used to connect students with authentic audiences for their work.<\/p>\n i find that the internet makes it relatively easy to use a variety of social pedagogies. whether you’re teaching an online course or a hybrid course or just adding a few bits of online learning to a face-to-face course, you’ll find many online tools that provide a natural way to tap into the motivational effects of social pedagogies to engage your students.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n if you’d like to talk with derek or one of our teaching consultants about the use of social pedagogies in your teaching at vanderbilt, give us a call (322-7290) to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n