Posts Tagged ‘online course design’
April 2 - More on Designing and Teaching Online Courses with Adult Students in Mind
By: Patti Shank, PhD, CPT in Online Education
It’s always important to help students be successful, but with returning adults, success often seems more elusive for a variety of reasons. They often have a hard time fitting schooling in with other life demands (including family obligations and work). In addition, many adult students are worried about their abilities as students and about learning in an online environment.
March 14 - Designing and Teaching Online Courses with Adult Students in Mind
By: Patti Shank, PhD, CPT in Online Education
Many of the learners in today’s online courses are adults who are returning to school to upgrade their qualifications. It’s worth considering what kinds of adult students are in your courses and what their needs are.
January 24 - Brain-Based Online Learning Design
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
Abreena Tompkins, instruction specialist at Surry Community College, has developed a brain-based online course design model based on a meta-analysis of more than 300 articles. In this study, she distilled the following elements of brain-based course design: Low-risk, nonthreatening learning environment Challenging, real-life, authentic assessments Rhythms, patterns, and cycles Appropriate chunking or grouping Learning as
September 5 - Mapping Success: Essential Elements of an Effective Online Learning Experience
By: Danielle Hathcock in Online Education
An online course is like walking into a foreign land with an entire map laid out, but having no sense of the land’s origin or how to navigate the terrain. How the instructor formats and interacts with the class will ultimately determine the student’s travel experience. The purpose of this article is to provide an understanding of how the elements of an online course are integrated such that they form a cohesive whole that creates easy travel based upon instructor presence, appropriate feedback, and easy navigation for students.
June 7 - Group Work, Discussion Strategies to Manage Online Instructor Workload
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
Shrinking budgets and increasing enrollments are putting online instructors in the position of teaching larger classes. Accommodating more students means rethinking how you teach your courses. Otherwise your workload can quickly become overwhelming.
March 15 - Balancing Act: Managing Instructor Presence and Workload When Creating an Interactive Community of Learners
By: Tammy Stuart Peery and Samantha Streamer Veneruso in Online Education
Increasingly, online educators are faced with two key directives that are critical for student success and retention: increasing instructor presence and building a community of learners.
February 20 - Five Ways to Build e-Learner Confidence with Low-Stakes Grading
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
Frequent low-stakes grading assignments and quizzes create a rich learning experience for all students, and give instructors more opportunities to clarify materials or address issues that are inhibiting learning. This seminar demonstrates how this approach can demystify assessment and encourage a constructive learning environment.
February 2 - Four Keys to Successful Service Learning in Online Courses
By: Christopher Hill in Online Education
Many faculty members may believe that service learning and distance education are mutually exclusive endeavors. However, David Pratt, associate professor of education and coordinator of learning and technology for Purdue University North Central, has found otherwise. He has successfully integrated a service learning component into an online course, and the lessons he has learned are applicable for anyone planning to do likewise.
January 17 - Transformative Learning: Four Activities that Set the Stage
By: Joyce Henderson, EdD in Online Education
It’s thrilling when I, as an educator, witness a student’s transformation from a limiting perspective to one that is broader, more inclusive, and most times empowering and inspiring. I can see that the change in their ways of thinking opens their mind to new possibilities about their lives and their worlds. The recognized precursors for
December 14 - Our Top 11 Most Popular Articles for 2011, part 2
By: Mary Bart in Teaching and Learning
It wouldn’t be the end of the year without a few top 10 lists, but this year we’re taking it one step further with the top 11 articles of 2011. Each article’s popularity ranking is based on a combination of the number of comments and shares, e-newsletter open and click-thru rates, and other reader engagement metrics.
