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Great resources for assessment strategies in a variety of formats.

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

I created this website to share free/low-cost apps/sites that offer helpful tech for instructors to create/embed content in their blended/online courses. 200+ resources...and counting! Please suggest additional resources.

Wow! So many choices... I personally like Springpad because I can easily relate to the notebook format. I also appreciate the ability to place a link/note in more than one notebook. https://springpad.com/blog/2014/01/clip-articles-to-springpad-that-you-want-to-read-later/

Krathwohl concisely compares Bloom to the revised Bloom. It is no longer sufficient to state "use Bloom" because the differences are distinctive. Which Bloom to use? This article helps in discerning the answer.

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...

The readings this week have begun to make me think about the role of the teacher as a curator and collector of resources and "teachable moments" for inclusion into the blended classroom. I thought that I might post this as a resource for others. I have personally used a number of these, but Storify is a personal favorite for putting together resources for a lesson plan.

A video from Stephen Downes about differences between LMS vs PLE. This is a post for week 02, interactions. The point here is that interactions in a LMS are different than those in a PLE. Of course, interactions are richer in a PLE, not discarding LMS as part of PLE.

A backchannel -- a digital conversation that runs concurrently with a face-to-face activity -- provides students with an outlet to engage in conversation. Every time I think about this tool, I remember my student, Charlie (not his real name). Given his learning challenges, he struggled to keep up during class discussions.

Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, CNAA Today's nursing workforce is made up of staff and nursing leaders from four different generational cohorts. Generational diversity, including workforce differences in attitudes, beliefs, work habits, and expectations, has proven challenging for nursing leaders.

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Microsoft Office recently released this free add-on that allows you to easily record your lecture or presentation within PowerPoint, add interactivity including quizzes / external content, etc.

An older article, but still gets you thinking about your discussion boards.

Online course/modules following Dee Fink's Significant Learning Experience

I have been using Fink for the past two years. My favorite are the charts---it helps the faculty I work with organize their thoughts.

"3 Minute Teaching with Tech Tip Video - Create Powerful Lessons in Minutes with Blendspace"

I chose this article as it relates well to the ch 5 discussion regarding quality in blended courses.

Beth - so interested to see that you chose this article!! I participated in this study as the Quality Matters trainer. So the two groups (short training, long training) worked with me to learn how to apply QM to improve their courses. We have been Quality Matters subscribers for 6 years and incorporate it into all the training and development of online courses.

I thought this was a good link for ch 2 which discussed different learning models.

For those interested in blended teaching practices from the K-12 space > BetterLesson has chosen 11 of the highest-performing blended teachers in the country to capture and share their effective practices. All of the Blended Master Teachers have one thing in common: they use technology in strategic and innovative ways to personalize the experience of their students.