Instruction
Discussion blog forum submissions should not be summaries of the reading, but should be written as responses (in the neighborhood of 500-750 words) that provoke, clarify, make sense or further problematize the issues at hand. Again, word counts are guidelines. Pieces that are excessively short, excessively long, or simply don’t reflect critical thinking are not acceptable. Important note: there will be lots of activity going on in our forums. Please allow time to read the work of your colleagues and thoughtfully respond to their work. Important to our work in these forums in the concept of “conversation.” Providing the minimum in terms of initial posts and one-off responses does not demonstrate the spirit of conversation (or an aspiration toward excellent work).