Pedagogy 2.0

Covers design considerations that influence student success.

Another good list with helpful descriptions of each topic for consideration.

"A roadmap for instructors during the course design process or as a "self-evaluation" tool to assist instructors in revision of an existing online course using the rubric and suggested examples. "

Nice checklist for what should go into designing a course. Would be better if it had links to describe or go into detail on what each of those items are.

"The basic components in this model of Integrated Course Design are the same as those found in other models of instructional design: analyze the situational factors, formulate the learning goals, design the feedback and assessment procedures, and select the teaching/learning activities. What is distinctive about this model is that these components have been put together in a way that reveals and emphasizes their inter-relatedness."

This is a good article with helpful worksheets to get faculty to think about how to design an online course. However it is pretty long 30+ pages, which is probably a barrier.

"As a core project, a university eLearning Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community (FLC) chose to apply recommendations for the "art" of good teaching to the online realm. There is relatively little discussion of this issue in the literature. In this paper, we use Bain's (2004) book What the Best College Teachers Do to discuss some of the major ways that the practices of effective teaching in general can be applied to online teaching in particular. Specifically, we explore methods of fostering student engagement, stimulating intellectual development, and building rapport with students when teaching online. This analysis provides a much-needed "art of teaching" set of recommendations that complements the "science of teaching" best practices approach to online pedagogy. "

Good article. Takes the characteristics of best college teachers and applies it to teaching in an online environment. Three major Characteristics: Fostering Student Engagement Stimulating Intellectual Development Building Rapport with Students

"A hypertextual concept map of established learning theories."

I'd like a poster of this

Nice map, would be useful with the right context of articles around it.

The University of Central Florida's (UCF) Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) offers the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) as a public resource for faculty and instructional designers interested in online and blended teaching strategies. Each entry describes a strategy drawn from the pedagogical practice of online/blended teaching faculty, depicts this strategy with artifacts from actual courses, and is aligned with findings from research or professional practice literature. While TOPR is currently in its beta release, all are welcome to browse and search its contents.

I like this resource, it links to a lot of good information on many different topics. It may be a little difficult for a beginning faculty member to jump right into and find useful, but I think it would be a good companion to an article or two that first outlines the general principles of instructional design.

This special report features eight articles pulled from the pages of Distance Education Report, and covers a variety of different aspects of online course design. Some of the articles you will find in the report include: * The Collaborative Approach to Developing Online Courses * Building Course Quality Systematically * Who Ya Gonna Call When a Course Needs Help? * Developing a Course Maintenance Process for Your Online Courses * What Learning Object Repositories Mean for Your Program

Series of articles on Distance Ed. They are all good, but they seem more geared towards administrators. Most do not talk about specific design aspects that faculty should be aware of when designing and implementing courses.

Practical tips for teaching online

Good list of things to do when designing the course. The list then expands to describe of each of the design elements you can integrate. Covers a wide variety of topics from course design to assessment and interaction.

Practical tips from a Sloan-C award for Excellence in Online Teaching winner

Good article. Focuses mainly on using discussion boards in a class and using them to engage the students. Talks a little about rubrics. A little dated, form 2004.

"Lost in Translation: Importance of Effective Communication in Online Education"

Integrating active learning, fostering a personal connection with students, and facilitating the process of learning

"Discussions of technology strategy and planning for new media at colleges and universities are informed by many factors of higher education culture and the way its core constituents--faculty and students--work and learn. One rapidly evolving area is online assessment, whether for fully online programs or for blended learning environments. Here, learning designer Judith Boettcher examines online assessment strategies beyond the traditional end-of-term paper."

This self-guided assessment helps students gauge technical and student skills to determine if they are suited to taking a course online.

it's a creative commons license so we could modify it for our own needs

The student readiness assessment from the University of Huston seems better.

The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to examine thirty-one selected references that describe the changes to instructional design principles, which are taking place, or need to take place, as a result of the increased usage of mobile devices. In recent years the technology and tools available for learning have changed dramatically, but teaching and learning methodologies have not significantly changed and traditional educational methodologies have been applied to new delivery methods.

Award program sponsored through Blackboard for course that demonstrate best practices in: Course Design, Interaction & Collaboration, Assessment and Learner Support. 

I agree the first link is not the best. Maybe we could also link to the course tours of the award winners. The first link is to the 2011 winners. It is difficult to directly link to the tours of the 2012 & 2013 Exemplary course awards. http://kb.blackboard.com/display/EXEMPLARY/Exemplary+Course+Program http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/Catalyst-Awards/2013-Winners.aspx

Maybe we should use the direct link to the Rubric but then also provide info on how to view course tours that demonstrate the qualities of the Bb ECP.

Quality Matters Program

"Sometimes students in the online environment just need that extra nudge to feel connected in order to truly excel. As instructors, we can facilitate community-building in an asynchronous environment by utilizing synchronous tools, such as Wimba, Skype, Elluminate, and others available to us via our learning management system or outside of the LMS. "