Resources
Thinking of using new technologies to enhance your teaching? This website is part of the Faculty Focus website for higher ed professionals. It contains articles that look at the benefits of using...
10 Guidelines for Running Synchronous Web Teaching Sessions
Are you using Web meeting tools like Adobe Connect, Blackboard Collaborate, WebEx, or Microsoft Lync? This article goes over 10 guidelines for planning and facilitating them. There seem to be tw...
Here's a link to a website that contains many best practices for teaching online. The articles are short and contain many different checklists and templates that can be helpful when you find yours...
Tips for Increasing Effectiveness of Your Teaching
The website I've linked to was created by Richard Felder. He has brought together a terrific collection of resources on the art of teaching effectively. I found some very useful articles on diffe...
5 Easy Tips to Create Video Screencasts Like a Pro
Screencasting (a video recording of action or movement on your screen) is very helpful for reaching students with multiple learning styles. The combination of audio and video can be very powerful ...
Building Online Community Through Email Noodges
This article discusses email frequency and content that will engage an online community. While it is not written from the online classroom viewpoint, there are many valuable ideas that can be tran...
Use of Twitter in the Classroom
Mandatory use of Twitter in the classroom for sharing of resources and important announcements is reviewed. An interesting side effect is the increase in student ownership of their projects and in...
Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools
Looking for a special website or tool to use in your class? This is a resource wiki space that has been set up by educators to share web 2.0 tools. The navigation on the left is very helpful...
The Interactive Lecture: An Instructor's Manual
Excellent article that provides a template for preparing engaging lectures. While the article is written for medical school courses, the guidelines and template are applicable to any discipline. ...
Do you have any opinions about grading papers? I know I do. How about “it takes too much time?” I think we’ve all been there.
It’s encouraging ...