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Analytics will help you determine course design, level of engagement from the student, etc. Here is one of many articles about Analytics.

Even though this MOOC is based on Hybrid/ Blended courses, it is still important that the instructor/teacher engage in the learning in and out of the classroom. Here is some ways to do this...

This link is from the Chapter 05 reading and I thought it was the best for a focus on course design issues of what to place online v. classroom in a blended course.

rather simplified, but it could be of any help

http://www.fulltiltahead.com/edtech/blended-online-assessment-taxonomy-design-infographic/ the original page

Thank you! I wonder if it would be a useful material to share with students to discuss how the class is organized/evaluated and have them make decisions about their own learning trajectory?

Since we were talking about communication last week, I liked reading this study. Students like ways to interact with each other online as well as in class; and faculty should communicate in a timely manner and give good feedback to students.

This is one of the best resources for educators involved in designing authentic real world assessment tasks. Jan Herrington is a pioneer of research on "authentic tasks" and online learning and this is a great repository of articles research and resources.

Thank you for sharing this. We have the book in our department----I haven't read it yet. Have you?

Recordings of 60 one-hour sessions from the 2/10 to 2/21 Transforming the Teaching & Learning Environment: the PASSHE Virtual Conference. Many recorded sessions (click 2014 Sessions-by-Date) focus on teaching/designing online/hybrid courses. The virtual conference uses Blackboard Collaborate so you may need to allow the download and running of a .jnlp file.

Multiple choice tests are easy to score but difficult to write well, particularly if you want to assess critical thinking. In this tutorial, you can learn how to analyze multiple choice test questions and get some tips to help you revise / write effective multiple choice questions.

An specific Classroom Assessment Technique (CAT) has to be evaluated for its use in blended learning environment, if online of offline.

Great resources for assessment strategies in a variety of formats.

Very useful tools, indeed. Thanks for finding this Dean.

Explanation of how to use online class guides to explain to students what is expected in the online and face-to-face portion of a blended / hybrid course. I typically encourage a daily schedule for each face-to-face meeting that is broken down into before class, during class, and after class.

EDUCAUSE Review Online - Tales from the Canary | EDUCAUSE.edu - The Future of Course Materials and Content Delivery

I recently remembered this article published in The Chronicle of Higher Ed a few years ago. It speaks volumes about some pros and cons (mostly pros) of using technologies like Twitter, online office hours, video chat, etc. to connect to super-sized classes. Though I do not have personal experience in teaching courses with this many students, I still think this teacher has found a way to utilize modern technologies to connect to students in new and important ways. He has taken what many of us would consider a nightmare classroom situation (teaching over 2000 students!) and made it into a classroom experience like no other. If you read through the comments, you'll see that his former students say he has changed their lives and that his was the best class they've ever taken. It's amazing to me that he is/was able to create personal connections with so many students using technology. Basically, if this guy can do it with 2,000+ students, then many of us should strongly consider how we might benefit from these technologies in our own hybrid courses.

Despite the widespread popularity of online social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter, many students exhibit a reluctance to include faculty in their social networks. Given these personal preferences, how do social networks and education intersect? A pilot using Twitter to communicate important information about lab hours and support services yielded minimal student response.

A good resource here. JISCNetskills provides training throughout the UK Higher Ed sector and they have a lot of their course guides online. This gives a very good basic introduction to theories and models of elearning. Some good ideas on sequencing.