Pedagogy 2.0

Here are ten best practices for anyone just getting started in the online environment. Research and experience suggest that these practices contribute to an effective, efficient and satisfying teaching and learning experience for both faculty and students. Using these practices can help develop confidence, comfort, and experience in teaching online.

" 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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"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. "

"When teaching online, you have the option of using an asynchronous delivery method, a synchronous method of delivery, or both. Making decisions on how you deliver instruction impacts your design, as well as your teaching practice."

"Teaching with synchronous communication tools"

"Debunking the top 10 myths about synchronous online teaching"

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.

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.

One of the most unique characteristics of mobile learning is that it should be delivered in short 'nuggets' rather than large units of information. Successful mobile applications are goal directed, and are not effective if they expect too much reading from a small screen.

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.

A checklist

Created by the Office of Disability Support Services at Kansas State University to help faculty ensure course content is accessible, this website offers many useful resources. An accessibility checklist and how-to documents you can use to ensure that content is accessible at a basic level. Examples of what makes content accessible and why accessibility is important. Resources for more information and best practices for accessibility.

"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."

"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.

"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.

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.

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