Category Archives: Online Teaching

04.05.13. Student Persistence in Online Courses

The following article provides a brief overview of factors that lead to student persistence in online course: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/student-persistence-in-online-courses-understanding-the-key-factors/ Via slesch’s “Trends in eLearning” (http://www.scoop.it/t/trends-in-e-learning ). Thanks, Shirley!

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03.18.13. “Getting Strategic about Online Learning” article

Good article from ContactNorth: http://www.contactnorth.ca/tips-tools/getting-strategic-about-online-learning

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03.18.13. about mooc’s

Interesting article entitled “The Professors Behind the MOOC” from The Chronicle: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/#id=overview It’s about MOOCs, but really talking about the design, development and delivery of any online course. Identifies that instructional design is an important part of the success of a … Continue reading

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03.03.13. Principles of Good Teaching and Online Design

Tony Bate’s post on his  “no-5-aha-moment-the-web-as-a-universal-standard” strikes a chord with me because it is so reflective of my history with online course design and development. I still have the books Tony mentions in the post and have been immersed in online teaching and learning … Continue reading

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02.08.13. mLearning

Good post by rjacquez: http://rjacquez.com/mobile-learning-is-where-the-puck-is-going-to-be-mlearning/ I am always trying to get my head around how to design learning for mobile. Trying to incorporate it into the work I do now (ie. instructional design, software used, responsive web sites, etc.). Hope … Continue reading

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02.08.13 Thoughts on the “Online Teaching” MOOC

I’ve been analyzing a number of MOOC’s and enrolled in the “Fundamentals of Online Teaching” MOOC. It was a bit of a train wreck. Debbie Morrison outlines a good analysis of some of the problems in “The MOOC Honeymoon is Over: Three … Continue reading

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01.29.13. Animoto – Course Intro

Good overview of Animoto and good example of how it can be used effectively in a course: http://edcetera.rafter.com/the-online-teaching-welcome-mat-energizing-learners-with-animoto/    

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01.18.13. Tool for Screencasting – ZoomIt

Here’s a screencast by David Anderson (Articulate) about ZoomIt. ZoomIt is a tool that you can use to zoom/pan and add annotations during your screencast. Check it out at: http://www.screenr.com/V1N

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01.12.13. eTip – “The Wisdom Wall”

In this video (below), Michelle Pacansky-Brock talks about how she sets up a “Wisdom Wall” to help students get comfortable in her course. The “Wisdom Wall” is where students at the end of the semester leave comments and tips for … Continue reading

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01.10.13 – “Flipping the classroom” – Have we learned anything?

In the article, “Flipping the Classroom”, D. Grebow says: “It’s great to replace lectures with video clips — IF you retain the opportunity for people to ask questions, interact with the material, practice what they’ve learned, collaborate with others, and … Continue reading

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