Hi folks! I’m writing today to describe a scenario specific to online instruction and to gather some input from you as to possible strategies and solutions for helping address the issue. I met with an online instructor over the summer who ran into an issue in...
This year, a group of education researchers from Memorial University in Canada released a qualitative study titled Students’ Perceptions of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, where they asked students to “isolate the characteristics they believe are essential to effective teaching” for both face-to-face and online...
[caption id="attachment_454" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Creative Commons"][/caption] In January, Educause Learning Initiative released their annual Horizon Report. It identified six areas of emerging technologies likely to impact teaching and learning in higher education over the next several years (For more information, view our 2010 Horizon Report blog...
Happy Summer Everyone! I had the pleasure of presenting at the Texas Wesleyan University Title III Summer Institute a few days ago on Good Advice for Prospective Online Students and I just want to share the resources I collected for the presentation. You may find...
I came across an interesting website the other day that I thought could have some instructional uses. Formspring Me will allow you to setup a personal page for anyone to send you questions. A quick account setup (you can also use your existing Facebook account...
After attending ELI last week, I have to say that I was inspired by all the presenters and attendees. Presenters such as W. Gardner Campbell from Baylor University summed-up real collaborative learning communities with “co-location is not a community. Something else has to signal that...
I wanted to share an instructional tool that is really neat for those who may want some more visually-appealing presentation items for online or web-assisted courses. Prezi will allow you to create visually stimulating presentations by allowing you to coordinate how the “camera view” moves...
If you have not heard, cloud computing (CC) is an emerging topic in geek circles everywhere. You will probably start seeing commercials referencing it soon, as a variety of companies try to provide us with the next generation of business solutions. So what is cloud...
Arturo here with a tip for all you online instructors. As busy as we all are, it is important to remember how busy our students are as well. In my case, I worked two and sometimes three jobs throughout my college years. It was very easy...