Introductions

Judy Donovan - hello all. I teach Educational Technology and Library Media in the COE. I have been teaching online since the mid-nineties and love online teaching and learning. I have earned a couple of degrees mostly online. My goals for this teaching circle include learning more about online teaching, identifying books I want to read about online teaching and learning, learning about some new best practices, and discussing online learning with fellow educators.

Hi everyone, I am Sandy Webb, a faculty member in Reading in Early Childhood & Middle Grades. I am relatively new to GCSU and online teaching. This is my second year at GCSU. I am teaching reading endorsement courses, which are blended and have typically three face-to-face and then online component. Since I teach one of these courses each semester, and online summer courses, I am excited about participating in this group. So far, I am enjoying learning new ways to create learning experiences on line and ways for students to interact with each other and with me. I hope this course will help me expand my horizons and add to my toolkit!

Hello everyone :), I am Marcela Chiorescu. I am in my second year as a faculty member of Department of Mathematics. I have never taught online courses, but our department is planning to offer two online courses (College Algebra and Precalculus). I'm looking forward to learn about online teaching and to work with you all.

Hi! I am Chesley Mercado. I'm chair of Music Therapy Department in the College of Health Sciences. I've been at GCSU 10 years so I've seen a few changes good and not so good along the way. I started our on-line Master of Music Therapy program in 2004 and there have been many successes and many challenges! I'm looking forward to being part of this group.

Hi everyone! I hope my message appears, this is my first time ever using Wikispaces! I am teaching a class fully online this summer also for the first time. I am really excited about the opportunity to learn about teaching and learning online. This teaching circle will prove very motivational and informative, and I can't wait to get started. I am a second year faculty member in Government and Sociology. I teach Criminal Justice. Thanks for the invite to the circle! Carrie Cook