Tuesday, October 20
2:45 PM-3:45 PM
HST
Alii II

Digital Identity as Learning & Transformation - A Workshop on Using WordPress in Teaching, Learning & Scholarship

Roundtable ID: 47552
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    Rolin Moe
    Seattle Pacific University

Abstract: This workshop is designed to both spur and support an interest in creating a personal web page for teaching, learning & scholastic use. We will start with a brief look at the history and theory behind personal web spaces, followed by engaging WordPress, a free and highly popular web design software. Participants will be led through establishing an account, initial page development, the process of developing materials and content, and advanced topics on the matter of plug-ins, widgets and dynamic options. A personal web page can be built in short time by someone with no programming knowledge, in an aesthetically pleasing form and with the opportunity to engage students and beyond in rich learning contexts. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a personal web page with a home page and supplemental pages, the knowledge of how to transfer it to a faculty or paid domain space, and the scaffolding to continue to explore and grow as a learner/maker in the digital space.

Objectives

1) Participants will leave with the initial pages of personal website built in WordPress that has the ability to be used for teaching, learning, scholarship and development of digital identity. 2) Participants will have the knowledge of how to export their sites to a different server (whether housed at their University, purchased through a company, or other) 3) Participants will understand how to engage the emerging community of digital scholars and utilize that knowledge base for development of innovative teaching and learning. 4) Participants will know where to find scaffolding for furthering their knowledge of building websites using WordPress

Topical Outline

30 minutes - a brief *why* for using websites in teaching & learning (a history of websites in education, the theory behind learning as identity management) 30 minutes - introduction to WordPress as a platform, basics of its application and interface 30 minutes - initial setup: registering people, creating domains, adding first elements to a site, changing themes. 30 minutes - a brief overview of advanced topics: widgets, plugins, media files, CSS, pedagogical uses 1 hour - time for participants to build with guided instruction. 30 minutes - wrap-up: how to export this site to a university domain/personal domain/other space, using the group in-house as a community of support moving forward, spaces for scaffolded growth.

Prerequisites

Participants will need to bring a laptop computer. Beyond an understanding of how to use a computer and a basic knowledge of word processing, there are no pre-requisites. This workshop is designed to support each participant at their level.

Experience Level

Beginner

Qualifications

Rolin Moe is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Educational Technology and Media at Seattle Pacific University. Dr. Moe received his Ed.D. in Learning Technologies from Pepperdine University, and has worked in formal, non-formal and informal learning environments with the intention of helping learners transform through active engagements. At SPU, Dr. Moe has led workshops and professional developments centered around digital identity and learning as an extension of identity development. Dr. Moe implemented the SPU Academic Commons, a WordPress-based hub for a host of faculty websites: personal, research-based, course-specific, committee, etc. At a school of 247 full-time faculty, in less than a year over 15% of faculty have engaged the SPU Academic Commons as part of their teaching, their learning, or their scholarship.
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