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A look atMOOCs from the co-founder of Coursera. Shows how video lectures are delivered with spot-check questions and feedback, and the use of peer/self grading. The conversations, home-work assignments, and so on, are all data fodder for an examination of how MOOC learning works. Students were also self-selected into virtual and land-based study groups. Feedback on quizzes and spot-checks also led to the development of "individualized" responses to wrong answers/misconceptions. Demonstrates how tutoring one-on-online is far better than lecture courses. The goal of Coursera is to ignite students creativity through active learning.

"Interest in feedback has spread widely since the publication of Hattie and Timperley's influential 'The Power of Feedback', which argued that 'feedback is one of the most powerful influences on learning and achievement' (Hattie & Timperley, 2007: 81). Peer feedback, in particular, has generated much optimism in the general educational literature as a formative practice (Double et al., 2019)...." Excellent article on online peer feedback.

"Most teachers are overwhelmed by the endless amount of websites they can find online to teach English. I would like to share the best websites according to my students to learn English. One key ingredient in these websites is that students have fun while learning English."

Yahoo Group for leaders of the Learning with Computers online community. We help others learn about topics in using computers, distance and blended learning, lesson planning, pedagogies for EFL/ESL, etc.

"Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension and vocabulary development software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, helps them learn words in new ways, and helps teachers create high-interest learning materials from any English text passage. "Just paste in a difficult English sentence, paragraph, or more, or enter a web page URL and click the button. You'll instantly see an easier version, for fast understanding now. No dictionary needed! Plus, the easier version is specially highlighted to help build vocabulary." I don't know about the claims for learning English faster, but it seems like a great, free tool to help faster reading of web pages that are not designed for non-native speakers.

"Web-based games can prove to be a treasure trove of learning opportunities, and there are a variety of content-areas, age ranges, and skill levels to choose from. The true pay dirt for browser-based learning games can be found on large online digital game hubs. Here are 10 game hubs players that teachers can use to as one tool in their arsenal." By R. Schaaf. Includes PBS Kids and BBC Schools: Games. Mostly explores K-6, but some sites have activities for older kids too.

"Create flashcards Create your own flashcards with two clicks. You can use different styles (bold, italic, red/green colour, underline). Add pictures to your cards easily. Study flashcards You can study your cards alone or online with your friends. Just use Skype or the integrated chat functionality and see how easy it is. Information about learning in a team Print flashcards Print individual flashcards or all of them in two steps and learn them offline wherever you are. Teamwork You can comment on each flashcard, track the status of your knowledge, track changes, study online with friends and send messages to them. Publish flashcards You can publish your flashcards. Everyone who receives the link to your cards can import them to their account." Flashcards as a social networking tool! This is a nice way to have students create their own good study habits, and there is an iPhone App available too You can also search for flashcards made by other students. Better than Rosetta Stone.

A downloadable, free web accessibilty checklist: "Whether your course includes one web assignment or is a full-blown online journey, you're developing and managing online content for your students, who may have disabilities like "…blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these. "And just like your instructional material, your online content should be understandable-and accessible-by your diverse students. Your online content should include the basic web accessibility features."

Many art museum websites offer users the ability to choose favorites from their online exhibitions and create an online exhibition. The best also let you write captions and describe these individualized collections, and then allow you to post the link on a website or blog. This kind of activity provides lots of language-development opportunities for all levels of English Language Learners. so I thought it would be a good topic for a "The Best…" list. You can find links to all the sites on this list, and other "art collection" sites that didn't quite make the grade, on my website under Student Art Collections. Of course, students can also create collections of art work they've have created online. You can find those sites at The Best Art Websites For Learning English.

"But there's a big difference between watching a video and learning something from it. Videos are great for presenting visual information and emotional appeals, but not particularly effective at diving below the surface of non-visual theoretical or abstract topics or for driving critical thinking.... (Nielsen, 2013)" Offers 4 tips on how to successfully incorporate instructional video into your class. Takes some lessons from strategies used in Coursera.

Quizlet is one of the most flexible self-teaching tools available online. It offers far more than quizes: Good for self-practice, flashcards, vocabulary study, etc. All the multimedia you want and students can create their own practices. This pdf booklet/Google presentation helps you get started with distance learning.

"With the advance of web 2.0 technologies, there emerged a wide range of educational tools that we can use with our students in and outside the classroom.Collaborative web tools is one example. Using such websites, teachers will be able to help in holding online and real-time discussions with their students, help them in their projects and assignments, guide their learning, do backchanneling, and synchronously moderate discussion threads and many more." The focus here is on tools for collaboration. Many are new and interesting, such as virtual whiteboards, searchteam to do online searches together, browse websites together, create online projects collaboratively, create your own chatroom, etc.. Some of these will be gone quickly, but they all appear quite useful. About 30 in the list.

"Resource Repository www.CALL4ALL.us is here to help you communicate more effectively between any two languages or cultures in the world. CALL and computer-mediated communication curriculum exchange page CALL4ALL Language Products Page - effective software for Language Learning CALL-IS Software Summary Best Online Collaboration Tools: MindMap by Robin Good A-Z Directory of ~3,000 Online Learning Tools!" Quite an interesting compendium, but without much organization except the alpha-sort.

This two-step exam process sounds like a great way to do online-exams: "The two-stage exam is a relatively simple way to introduce collaborative learning and formative assessment into an exam. Their use is rapidly growing in the physics department at the University of British Columbia, as both students and faculty find them rewarding. In a two-stage exam students first complete and turn in the exam individually, and then, working in small groups, answer the exam questions again. During the second stage, the room is filled with spirited and effective debate with nearly every student participating. This provides students with immediate targeted feedback supplied by discussions with their peers. Furthermore, we see indications that the use of this exam format not only ensures consistency across interactive course components, but it also positively impacts how students approach the other collaborative course components. This is accomplished without losing the summative assessment of individual performance that is the expectation of exams for most instructors. In this paper we describe how to implement two-stage exams and provide arguments why they should be part of physics courses that use interactive engagement and social/collaborative learning methods." The paper is from The Physics Teacher, AAPT.

classrooms join to learn technology skills while collaborating online; reading comprehension; writing/composition; and social/emotion skills. A techn approach to a long-standing concept. STUDENTS: JOIN YOUR CLASS ADMINISTRATORS: START HERE Picture What will your students learn with their PenPals? CHOOSE A PROJECT All projects promote language, technology, and social-emotional skills."

A nice review of the free online and DVD-based game to learn English. Trace Effects takes the student through adventures all around the U.S. using vocabulary to learn things about his new friends and achieve certain tasks that are typically American -- women's roles in society, saving the environment, community work, science and innovation, etc. The toolkit includes a massive number of teaching suggestions, teacher resources, games, a graphic novel, etc.

"This is an alphabetical list of websites where you can learn a language online. Some sites provide content; others community; and a number have both. Some sites focus on learning one specific language, others cover a number of languages. Thanks to all those who have contributed to this list. " A huge number of free sites for many different languages--many would make a good supplement to classroom activities

A list of 49 free books. Not organized, so it will take some time to comb through, but there are some gems, such as great tools for e-learning, and "Don't get Trapped by Your E-learning Tools." A mix of tools and pedagogy. Direct links to those books that are published online, as is the case with most.

The sites include Codeacdemy, where you can learn to program i HTML and Javascript, TED, Academic Earth, etc. Learn anything about everything or vice versa.