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TwitterI will be making two presentations at The North Carolina Distance Learning Association’s 2011 Virtual Conference: Engaging Online Learners. The first will be looking at three models for online courses and course redesigns. For those that arent able to attend virtually, below is the abstract and PowerPoint slides. Abstract This presentation will be for anyone that is interested [...]
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NCLDA Presentation – Taking Your Talents Online: Are you ready to teaching Online?
Posted on February 16th, 2011
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Creating Virtual Student Introductions
Posted on January 3rd, 2011
Whether you are teaching a face-to-face or an online course, you will want to create a sense of community for your students. Typically, the first day of a face-to-face class is spent reviewing the course goals and syllabus as well as doing introductory icebreaker activities. You can use one of two online tools – Voicethread or Glogster – to create this interactive icebreaker activity.
Should Your Course be Online?
Posted on December 18th, 2010
In direct response to the changing economic climate, higher education has turned to online courses as a solution to meet the increasing demand. Some motivations are financial – they hope to be able to teach more students with fewer instructors – while others are motivated by a lack of resources and are struggling to meet the demands of the student population. Regardless, the success of developing online courses is not a decision to be taken lightly and requires careful planning and organization. Working through each of these steps will dramatically improve the success for your online course development.
Using Sakai and Elluminate for an Online Course
Posted on July 21st, 2010
With the right tools, online courses can be as effective as traditional face-to-face courses. I designed an online course that would teach instructors how to integrate multimedia into their own – virtual or traditional – courses.
Backwards Design and Integrating New Technology
Posted on July 20th, 2010
New technology is continuously released, resulting in increasingly more infinite and innovative ways to incorporate it into curricula. However, many instructors are prone to adding unnecessary technology into the classroom. Before adding technology to a course, instructors should carefully consider their options by using the concept of Backwards design.