{"id":3040,"date":"2014-02-13T10:11:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:10:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:10:23","slug":"using-word-clouds-for-reflection-and-discussion-in-an-online-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2014\/02\/13\/using-word-clouds-for-reflection-and-discussion-in-an-online-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Word Clouds for Reflection and Discussion in an Online Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Scott Hamm<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Word clouds (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/\">Wordle<\/a>) are those fun &amp; familiar combinations of words that summarize a topic or idea. We\u2019ve seen everywhere from the USA Today to Facebook. They can be used \u00a0to promote reflection and synthesis on course content. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Syllabus review: have them submit a Wordle to a discussion forum posting the top 10 key concepts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Markers: key issues, policies, theories, etc. from the first three weeks of class, or mid-semester, etc. Let\u2019s you know if the students are grasping course concepts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Quiz: \u00a0A fun quiz is to have students post key terms, concepts, ideas, etc. You can set a ten to twelve entries. Then, have them get together in groups or as a class to add to the Word Clouds. \u00a0Non-threatening and many enjoy the variation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>More ideas\/ resources:<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This linked blog post gives you a bunch of word cloud options that includes a how-to-use snippet: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edudemic.com\/9-word-cloud-generators-that-arent-wordle\/\">9 Word Cloud Generators That Aren\u2019t Wordle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A brief one-page article demonstrates the use of word clouds in an online graduate class: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2014\/02\/Hamm-Using-Word-Clouds.pdf\">Hamm, S. (2011). Using Word Clouds for Reflection and Discussion.<\/a> \u00a0Journal of Teaching Theology and Religion, 14 (2).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2014\/02\/assignment.pdf\">Assignment example<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2014\/02\/rubric.pdf\">rubric<\/a> used in a graduate class in an ACU Higher Education online graduate course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Scott Hamm Word clouds (Wordle) are those fun &amp; familiar combinations of words that summarize a topic or idea. We\u2019ve seen everywhere from the USA Today to Facebook. They can be used \u00a0to promote reflection and synthesis on course content. Here\u2019s how: Syllabus review: have them submit a Wordle to a discussion forum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42246],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructional-design"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3044,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions\/3044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}