So, I know it might make you uneasy that there will be no quizzes, papers or exams that you will receive grades on. I also do not plan to separately grade each of your individual blog posts. But I will read ALL of your posts and make comments on them to help guide you along.

Main rule: Just stay interested and be interesting yourself! This will get you an A. But, by the time you're done, you may care less about your grade and more about what you're learning and the professional e-portfolio and e-network that you are developing.

Your grade will be based primarily on your overall effort and demonstration of learning. But since you will focus on learning what you are most interested in, I am hoping that you will enjoy putting in the effort to learn more and find it easy to do well in this course. A student who would like to earn an ‘A’ will do a lot of rich posting with plenty of connections (with links) and reflection on the material that they are incorporating. The 'A' student will be mindful of the 'vocabulary to consider' section and try to use these terms where appropriate. The ‘A’ student will also read and comment on the blogs of their peers’ and make connections with this material to their own work (both by linking to it and talking about it). The ‘A’ student will tweet about their work and engage freely in twitter discussions with classmates and others online.

Don't worry if you aren't familiar with blogging or twitter yet; you will be after reading the other modules. I will be available to help, just contact me.

I will give you specific feedback on your progress through the summer session. During the last week of the course, you will write a final reflection post that summarizes your learning and what you gained from your journey of discovery.

Final Grade Breakdown:

Blog posts 60%

Comments on other student blogs 20%

Twitter participation 10%

Final reflection post 10%