Pedagogy 2.0

"Debunking the top 10 myths about synchronous online teaching"

Tools for improving instructor presence

I like that it gives examples of tools that can be used to increase instructor presence.

I see how it fits in, but it might be too specific in terms of the technology and because of that, might not stand the test of time.

I like this one.

this might be too light weight.

Question: If all of our topics are going to have video resources we should research videos. While I am sure this might be good, there might also be better out there in terms of videos.

"Faculty often describe the role of the online teacher as more of a "guide-on- the-side"rather than a "sage-on-the-stage." However, this cliché can be taken to extremes; there isa fine line between being a guide on the side and being absent. Therefore, this articlefocuses on different strategies online faculty can use to improve their teaching andultimately student learning by balancing their teaching presence when teaching online."

Nice introductory article on what online presence is, along with some specific examples of how faculty have tried to improve their online presence in their classes. Clearly defines what online presence is in the literature, and some of the components that go into making up online presence from the design, teaching, and student perspective.

Road block: You must be logged in to download - many people don't want to log in or create accounts when they just want to blast around and read about a topic.

"Garrison, Anderson, and Archer (2000) identify and explain the critical elements of a Community of Inquiry that supports instruction and learning. The elements include: cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence."

Short article giving five tips on building online presence: Have your online students introduce themselves. Introduce yourself to your students. Create a "commons area" for off-topic discussions. Use synchronous tools for office hours. Don't be the center of every discussion.

Very good.

" The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze two online legal environment courses to determine whether the instructor successfully used technology to create an effective online teaching and learning environment. The central focus is on the concept of "teaching presence" in physical and online environments and how teaching presence can be created in an online environment. "

This was a long article (50 pages) it was a study of two legal courses and whether they engaged the students in learning. It provided a background on distance learning, and learning theories, and then described the two courses and the research questionnaire. It was an interesting study, but I am not sure that faculty would find this useful or informative on how to improve their presence in their courses.

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" teaching presence in online education depends on course design and organization, facilitation of online discourse, and well-focused direct instruction."

Good article that talks about developing online presence through both the design and implementation of the course. Provides some basic examples on how faculty can establish an online presence.

I liked this article very much

Interesting article about personality online.

missed the mark for me.

"A model that encourages students to participate in online forum discussions, provides a template for new online faculty to use in creating effective discussion questions, and promotes a higher level processing of the material."

Research on online classes strongly identifies participation as a positive variable. Research on online teaching also reveals the time intensive practices involved with providing individualized attention and feedback. An online instructor must negotiate the balance between being responsive and managing time effectively. To that end, writing sound discussion questions, based on a model, is one way to invite and increase participation and maximize the time element. The CREST+ model, a model for writing effective online discussion questions, covers the cognitive nature of the question, the reading basis, any experiential possibility, style and type of question, and finally ways to structure a good question.  This model encourages students to participate in online forum discussions, provides a template for new online faculty to use in creating effective discussion questions, and promotes a higher level processing of the material.

I have used this and love it. I think we should make our own UB version

Discussion board rubric.

Pedagogy and the Class Blog

a little old.

"Video Primers in an Online Repository for e-Teaching & Learning"

"Dr. Curt Bonk, Professor in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, in a video series addressing the design and best practices of Distance Education courses. "

I like the idea of this, but not the implementation.

50 Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS) by Angelo and Cross. Techniques for Assessing Course-Related Knowledge & Skills.

"The Department of Education published an extensive list of new regulations slated to take effect July 1, 2011. "

"Sloan-C community peer-reviewed techniques, strategies, and practices in online education."

To help make quality online education accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, the members of the Sloan-C community share techniques, strategies, and practices in online education that have worked for them. All effective practices are peer reviewed to insure quality and to give submitters some documentation for tenure and promotion files.

"Effective Online Assessment: Scalable Success Strategies"

"Engaging Online Students: Practical Interaction Strategies to Enhance Learning"

"This is the online shared references and resources area of the SUNY Learning Network education team."