Will Chesher

Online Literacy Education Learning ePortfolio

This is a picture of me, a white male in his 30s with a beard. I am wearing a pink shirt standing in front of a spray painted wall.

About me.

My name is Will Chesher (he/him), and I am a fourth year doctoral candidate in Miami University's English: Composition & Rhetoric Program. In this learning ePortfolio, I consider my values, praxis, and development as an online literacy educator. This ePortfolio also serves as a cumulative project for the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators certification program. To read more about my theory of Online Literacy Education, you can go to the page "OLE Theory."

My values as an online literacy instructor can be summarized into three key themes:

Multimodality & Play
Community of Practice
Reflective Practitioners

Each of these values can be found in the various artifacts, which are linked below. Each of these artifacts come from specific modules in the GSOLE certificate program.

Online Literacy Education Artifacts

The following artifacts serve as examples of my online literacy education development through my experience participating in the various modules of the GSOLE certificate program.

"My Own Experience in Online Learning" stems from Module 1: Defining Terms and Learning Key Concepts,
"Navigating the University" comes from Module 2: Accessible and Inclusive Learning,
"Engaging in Professional Communities" comes from Module 3: From OLI Theory to Practice,
"Feedback in Online Learning Environments" comes from Module 4: Assessing Online Learning,
"Developing Online Literacy Instruction and User Testing" comes from Module 5: Designing Online Literacy Instruction & Module 6: Justifying Your OLI Practice, and
"Reflection & Growth" is a personal reflection of my development as an online literacy educator through the entire GSOLE certification program.

A red badge with three pencils on top of "The Roger & Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence"

My Own Experience in Online Learning

This artifact is a written account of my own experience designing online literacy education, highlighting pitfalls and areas of opportunity.

Navigating the University

This artifact focuses on connecting online students to university resources.

Two stick figures sit in chairs facing each other, and have speech bubbles above their heads.

Engaging in Professional Communities

In this module I reflect on my own reflective practitioner status.

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Feedback in Online Learning Environments

This artifact demonstrates two ways to provide feedback to online learners, and contextualizes the decisions made for each modality.

An illustrated person stands on a laptop flipping the screen like a page in a book.

Developing Online Literacy Instruction and User Testing

This artifact consists of an online unit I made teaching infographics, and includes a write-up of a user-experience test of the unit.

A white stick figure with their arms out in the middle of a black circle.

Reflection & Growth

This artifact is a summative reflection of my growth and development as an online literacy educator through my experience in the GSOLE certificate.

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