Best Practices for Online Testing - 0 views
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Robert Braathe on 20 Jun 08A nice resource for setting up online testing (if you really need to do testing in this manner)
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Folksonomies: Tidying up Tags? - 0 views
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section of this article on improving tagging.
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To succeed, attempting to improve tag literacy (or tag etiquette) in the folksonomy world involves two processes. Firstly, the community needs to be ready to set rules and agree upon a set of standards for tags. Secondly, users need to be made aware of and agree to follow these rules. At the moment, although there are no standard guidelines on good tag selection practices, those in the folksonomy community have offered many ideas. Ways in which tags may be improved are presented frequently on blogs and folksonomy discussion sites. In his article on tag literacy, Ulises Ali Mejias suggests a number of tag selection "best practices" [14]. These include: using plurals rather than singulars using lower case, grouping words using an underscore, following tag conventions started by others and adding synonyms.
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suggestions for improving tagging.
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section in this article on improving tags.
Issues in Distance Learning - 1 views
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This review of literature and current information related to distance learning is an expansion and update of Schlosser and Anderson's (1994) literature review for the Iowa model of distance education. Additional reports were obtained through the Pacific Mountain Network, the ERIC database, electronic communications via Internet with administrators of open universities and open learning agencies throughout the world, collections of manuscripts and documents in the Department of Instructional Technology and Special Education at the University of Colorado at Denver, and personal communications with distance education developers at professional conferences as well as school districts in the Greater Denver area. It is intended as a companion piece to Sherry and Morse's (1995) Needs Assessment for Distance Education, as well as background information for other projects in telecommunications and distance learning.
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this is an early lit review on distance learning that i thought you would find interesting.
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The Last Lecture | Randy Pausch - 0 views
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Randy Pausch gave his "Last Lecture" in September of 2007. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever watched. To have that much energy and love for what you do, knowing that you are dying, this and his book are an inspiration to all who need a jumpstart
Tools for facilitating PBL? » Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 0 views
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The real world is full of groups working on project teams, and part of the solution to fixing the disconnect between 21st century skills which employers say they want, and the skills emphasized in our schools, is operationalizing a learning culture in our classrooms which regularly involves project-based learning.
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Someone's blog discussing the need for students to work in facilitated learning groups on project based learning because this is what they will face in the real world.
Accredited Online Colleges, Online Universities, Online Colleges & Schools - eLearners.com - 0 views
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Online colleges, online universities, and online schools offering accredited degrees approved by U.S. Department of Education recognized agencies. Online degrees from an accredited online university or accredited online school offering the online degree you need. Online college degree programs searchable by degree, college, university or school. Enroll in college online.
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great site talks abotu native vs immigrants in digtial world and how we need to tailor our ed.
CriticalThinking.org - The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning - 1 views
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Thinking is not driven by answers but by questions
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every field stays alive only to the extent that fresh questions are generated and taken seriously as the driving force in a process of thinking
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To think through or rethink anything, one must ask questions that stimulate our thought.
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CriticalThinking.org - The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning -
One of the reasons that instructors tend to overemphasize "coverage" over "engaged thinking" is that they assume that answers can be taught separate from questions. Indeed, so buried are questions in established instruction that the fact that all assertions - all statements that this or that is so - are implicit answers to questions is virtually never recognized. For example, the statement that water boils at 100 degrees centigrade is an answer to the question "At what temperature centigrade does water boil?"
Accesssibility in Distance Education - Home - 1 views
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This site offers a number of practical solutions to help students with special needs adapt on an online course.
Seven Principles of Effective Teaching - A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses - 1 views
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Principle 5: Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task Lesson for online instruction: Online courses need deadlines. One course we evaluated allowed students to work at their own pace throughout the semester, without intermediate deadlines. The rationale was that many students needed flexibility because of full-time jobs. However, regularly-distributed deadlines encourage students to spend time on tasks and help students with busy schedules avoid procrastination. They also provide a context for regular contact with the instructor and peers.
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Setting deadlines for activities creates a comfortable online learning environment. Students are better able to keep their work/progress organized.
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The Technology Source Archives - Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses - 0 views
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Principle 5: Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task Lesson for online instruction: Online courses need deadlines. One course we evaluated allowed students to work at their own pace throughout the semester, without intermediate deadlines. The rationale was that many students needed flexibility because of full-time jobs. However, regularly-distributed deadlines encourage students to spend time on tasks and help students with busy schedules avoid procrastination. They also provide a context for regular contact with the instructor and peers.
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Set clear deadlines for work to create comfortable online learning environments. Helps students keep themselves on task and enhances learning.
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I considered doing this, but was not sure...I noticed Alex did this when she would say "read Ian's post" or EXCELLENT! aand I wanted to check out what was said even more.
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Allowing students to choose project topics incorporates diverse views into online courses.
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Keystone High School, Online High School, Online High School Diploma - 1 views
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Online accredited middle and high school for homeschoolers and students needing to make up entire coures or even units, online.
Can Technology Exploit Our Many Ways of Knowing PDF - 1 views
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Interesting article regarding the many technologies that have come and gone over Gardner's lifetime, and how we need to have a clear understanding of what our goals are for these technologies in regard to education.
creating an online course development process - 0 views
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Tacoma Community College has created an online course development process. The process is designed to support faculty by providing a clear timeline for course development, a discussion of what kind of training faculty will need to develop and teach online courses, the kind of support faculty will need, and online course development rubrics for quality assurance and peer review.
Perspectives of Instruction - 0 views
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By now, you should understand how to conduct a needs assessment and goal analysis, in order to determine the barrier to the optimum performance of your learner. Regardless of what kind of barrier you are dealing with, you, as the Instructional Designer, need to be able to put yourself in the learner's shoes. These three theories are used in the field of Instructional Design as guidelines for understanding how to develop instruction that will be most effective for the learner.
Using collaborative course development to achieve online course quality standards | Chao | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning - 1 views
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The common practice of systematic design, such as the ADDIE model, simply did not fit well with the academic culture (Moore & Kearsley, 2004; Magnussen, 2005). Over the past two decades, instructional designers in higher education have needed to redefine their role and practice. The role of a change agent emerged as instructional designers worked side by side with faculty to rethink their teaching in order to integrate technology into course design and delivery (Campbell, Schwier, & Kenny, 2007). Not only do instructional designers play the role of advisers to faculty and department on issues of curriculum and course quality, they also play a vital role in faculty development and institutional change when it comes to researching and implementing new learning technologies. Undoubtedly, instructional designers in higher education need to modify their approach and design models to fulfill their widening role and to make meaningful contributions. New design prototypes have evolved through field experience in higher education (Power, 2009), and role-based design has been proposed to transform the field of instructional design (Hokanson, Miller, & Hooper, 2008).
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There was strong agreement among participants that the guidelines are more helpful for new and less-experienced faculty members.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - 0 views
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Psychology. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
ACTIVE LEARNING - 0 views
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I have found that if I have the students first write a reflection, then work in a small group, that whole class discussiona are more productive.
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For example, if students write their own thoughts on a topic (Dialogue with Self) before they engage in small group discussion (Dialogue with Others), the group discussion should be richer and more engaging. If they can do both of these and then observe the phenomena or action (Observation), the observation should be richer and again more engaging. Then, if this is followed by having the students engage in the action itself (Doing), they will have a better sense of what they need to do and what they need to learn during doing. Finally if, after Doing, the learners process this experience by writing about it (Dialogue with Self) and/or discussing it with others (Dialogue with Others), this will add further insight. Such a sequence of learning activities will give the teacher and learners the advantage of the Power of Interaction.
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Dialogue with self and others. observing, and doing
Designing Online Courses to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Student Population | Faculty Focus - 1 views
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Building discussion board assignments into your online course allows shy students to share their thoughts and ideas from within their own comfort zone, and participate more fully than they would ever do in a traditional face-to-face class.
Universal Design of Instruction - 0 views
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I need to still do this for my course...maybe you do too.
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