Professor, Watson College of Education
Email: gilld@uncw.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 5:00–8:00 PM (EST), virtual; additional times by appointment
[Bio to come. Dr. Gill is updating this section for SEC 507.]
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Email me at gilld@uncw.edu. Put "SEC 507" in the subject line. I try to return emails within 24 hours on weekdays. If you haven't heard back by then, send a follow-up.
I do not use Canvas email.
Virtual office hours run Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 PM EST. Additional times are available by appointment over Zoom or in person. Email me to set something up.
Most of our communication this semester runs through text in VoiceThread comments, discussion replies, and email. Tone gets lost without facial expressions or vocal cues. The ten rules below come from Virginia Shea's Netiquette and keep things civil and productive.
Announcements, feedback, and schedule changes go through both channels. Plan to check both several times a week, since the course assumes you have seen anything posted more than 48 hours ago.
An online graduate course needs the same time investment as a face-to-face section. Budget the hours like you would for any three-credit class, plus reading time on top.
As education students, we hold ourselves to the Watson College Professional Dispositions for Teachers. Read the full document and take it seriously, since the dispositions also apply when you communicate with peers in the course.
Written feedback on every graded assignment lands within five business days of the deadline closing. If a grading delay happens because the work piles up, you will hear about it in a Canvas Announcement.
Schedule shifts, assignment clarifications, and any other updates go out as Canvas Announcements. Keep your notifications on so the announcements reach you the day they post.
If a question has a clear answer, I will give it. When the answer is messier, I will tell you the parts I am sure about and the parts I am still working out, since pretending to know what I don't would not help you teach next Tuesday.