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January 18 - Best Practices in Online Teaching: Don’t Assume

By: Lori Norin and Tim Wall in Online Education

We want our students to learn what we have to teach them. We want them to retain it. In the best case, we want them to enjoy the work, assimilate the driving principles, and look forward to each opportunity to make their work better. We diligently gear up and learn how to use slick software that allows students easy access to a wide variety of materials.

November 17 - Seven Easy Ways to Personalize Your Online Course

By: Rob Kelly in Online Education

In order to be part of an effective learning community, online learners need to feel the presence of the instructor and fellow learners. Jane Dwyer, a senior lecturer at Rivier College, uses the following techniques to create this sense of social presence in her online psychology courses:

October 28 - Tools of Engagement: Technologies and Strategies for All Learning Styles

By: Mary Bart in Online Education

How do you motivate online learners?

It’s an age-old question that continues to stump online instructors as well as the managers of distance education programs trying to solve the attrition problem that continues to drag down this otherwise thriving segment of higher education.

October 23 - Designing an Effective Collaborative Wiki Project

By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars

In this 90-minute seminar Rhonda Ficek, Ph.D., explains why wiki projects are the perfect way to streamline and support collaborative learning initiatives for both traditional and online students.

September 23 - Using Screencasting to Engage and Build Community with Online Learners

By: Jacqueline Mangieri, PhD. in Online Education

In the online classroom, faculty work hard to engage their distance learners and build a strong sense of academic community in the electronic setting. Screencasting can be an effective and easy way to do this. Screencasting allows you to take a digital video of what you are doing on your computer desktop, and most screencasting tools allow you to narrate your video while recording. The possible uses for screencasting are endless; these include providing course orientations, delivering instructional lectures, providing feedback, and encouraging student sharing.

May 6 - Online Students Share Tips for Success

By: Rob Kelly in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education

Part of being an online educator is teaching students how to conduct themselves in the online classroom. A survey of successful adult online learners provides an excellent resource for this advice.

March 17 - Tips for Teaching Large Classes Online

By: Rob Kelly in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education, Trends in Higher Education

Jonathan P. Mathews, assistant professor of energy and geo-environmental engineering at Penn State University, teaches a high-enrollment (more than 400 students) general education online course, Energy and the Environment. Although he has two teaching assistants, the logistics of managing such a large class would be overwhelming without implementing the following course design and management ideas.

March 3 - Four Ways to Improve Online Discussion Forums

By: Rob Kelly in Asynchronous Learning and Trends, Online Education

Rebecca Arbisi, chair of the business department at State Fair Community College in Missouri, offers the following tips for improving the quality of threaded discussions:

February 18 - Nine Strategies for Using IM in Your Online Course

By: Rob Kelly in Asynchronous Learning and Trends, Distance Learning Administration, Online Education

Instant messaging can be an effective online learning tool that can build community and foster collaborative learning. The following are some suggestions from Debby Kilburn, computer science professor at Cero Coso Community College, for making the most of this tool.

February 5 - Three Factors in Online Student Satisfaction