Kate's Take

  I've had the opportunity to be a part of multiple online learning situations from formal courses through my current program, my master's degree in 2005-7 which was fully asynchronous (and included a now defunct correspondence course component), and as a facilitator through several trainings in my current field, as an online writing tutor, etc.  I've participated in MOOCs, and even considered trying my hand at the huge VIP Kid English Language learning craze a few years back.  That being said, I've seen good teaching strategies, and I've seen not so good teaching strategies.     Our brains keep growing and changing throughout our lives (Boettcher & Conrad, 2016, p. 25) and so does technology.  Because of this, online instructors need to be aware that the skills needed for online teaching are different than those required for face-to-face instruction (Bryans-Bongey & Graziano, 2016, p. 25).  While best practices of instruction remain s...

Welcome to my blog!  This blog was started for a course at IU several years ago and has continued to grow and evolve through my program.  Thank you for your interest in getting to know a little about me.  I'm Katie Dixon (she/her/hers) and I'm working toward my Ed.D. in Instructional Systems Technology.  I recently completed the certificate that I earned waiting to be accepted into the Ed.D. program, and now I look forward to completing my doctoral degree.  My bachelor's degree is in Secondary Education from DePauw University and I taught 7th grade Language Arts for several years in a suburb of Indianapolis.  I earned my Masters of Education degree from Indiana Wesleyan University, and then left teaching to raise my sons who are now 15 and 13.  Currently, I work in the travel industry as a Travel Advisor focusing on Disney, Universal, Cruises, All Inclusive Resorts, Hawaii, Adventure trips and more.  In fact, I'm currently on a work trip in Costa ...