8 Principles of Effective Online Course Design
Rapid prototyping with Quality Matters rubric from Whitney Kilgore Presentation shared at the 2013 National Quality Matters Conference 1. Consistent Design and Organized Content Keep the students in...
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Evaluating Microsystems: The Online Instructor
In my systems thinking PhD course, I have recently been tasked with identifying a Microsystem and then evaluating the components that it is comprised of. In this effort, I have chosen to evaluate “The...
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Asynchronous or Synchronous? Which do you prefer?
The battle between synchronous and “A”synchronous communication tools This poll is closed, but you can see the results of a quick twitter poll on the use of synchronous sessions in online courses here:...
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Humanizing Online Instruction: An analysis of the literature regarding the Community of Inquiry Ice, P., Curtis, R., Phillips, P. & Wells, J. (2007). Using Asynchronous Audio Feedback to Enhance...
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Faculty Satisfaction Teaching Fully Online Courses
Posted July 5, 2013 on The Faculty Commons: The demand for online courses has increased dramatically–so has the number of faculty teaching online. Online pedagogy has evolved over a short period of...
View ArticleStrategies for Providing Feedback in Online Courses
The video below is from The Center Moderator Michelle Pacansky-Brock discusses the power of the human voice (depth, warmth, and intonation) with two faculty who give feedback to their own students...
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Instructor Presence on #HumanMOOC with @drchuck
Tonight Robin Bartoletti and I had the honor of talking with Dr. Chuck Severance. Dr. Severance shared some of his background and expertise in creating instructional videos that help establish...
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Dr. Phil Ice talks about the Community of Inquiry
In this interview of Dr. Phil Ice, we talk about what drew him into researching the Community of Inquiry in the first place. He explains how retention is tied back to social presence in online...
View ArticleVoice and Video tools – which one do you prefer?
This week in the #HumanMOOC the community shared their thoughts on how to enhance Instructor Presence using three different tools. They used the video recording functionality in Canvas to record an...
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Faculty Satisfaction with Teaching Online
The demand for online courses has increased dramatically–so has the number of faculty teaching online. Online pedagogy has evolved over a short period of time, creating challenges with changing...
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