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Creating Videos for Teaching
This video provides some guidelines to consider when planning to create instructional videos for your students. A good first step is to curate existing videos (or other content) that may help your students meet the learning objectives rather than beginning with making content yourself, which can be time-consuming and technologically…
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Tips for Teaching Online in a Pinch
Manage Expectations This is new territory for faculty and students – approach it with an experimental and planful mindset, and you’ve got this! Review your syllabus and identify items (activities, projects, presentations) that may need to be modified for online delivery. Accept that you cannot become an expert overnight and…
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Communicating with Students Online
In the event of an interruption, some early steps can prevent confusion later on. Watch on YouTube
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Online Learning Formats
Two approaches to teaching online have been identified: synchronous (which takes place real time) and asynchronous (which takes place over time). This video describe both and shares considerations when choosing the best approach for you and your students. Watch on YouTube
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Managing Online Discussions
This short video should provide you with guidance on how to manage an online asynchronous discussion. It is not a How-To on technology. It focuses on questioing techniques and how to foster student engagement. Watch on YouTube
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What is Voicethread?
Voicethread is a collaboration and communication tool. The video below provides an introduction that explains what Voicethread is and how to access it. You and your students already have accounts which they can access through Blackboard. It’s important to access Voicethread through Blackboard to activate your existing account. If you…
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Case Studies
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. – Albert Einstein Case Studies – the presentation of realistic and complex narratives often involving a dilemma, conflict, or problem that one or more of the characters in the case must negotiate. An effective case study is one…
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Concept Mapping
“A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.” – Gilbert H. Grosvenor Concept Mapping – a technique for graphically organizing and representing information that includes core concepts, relationships between and among concepts and explanations of those relationships. Concept mapping…
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Problem Solving
A problem well-defined is a problem half solved. ― John Dewey Problem Solving – an ongoing activity in which learners take what they know to discover what they don’t know. It involves overcoming obstacles by generating hypotheses, testing those predictions, and arriving at satisfactory solutions. According to Mayer and Wittrock…
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Inquiry
Inquiry – a methodology that relies upon the idea that individuals are able to learn by investigating scenarios and problems, and through social experiences. Online learning has become a critical component of modern instruction, offering flexibility and accessibility to diverse student populations. However, many online courses remain content-heavy and instructor-driven,…
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