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By creating content that has elements of real time associated with it, instructors can generate a sense of presence and freshness that are often missing in online courses.

A sense of time is created in discussion boards because they have only that week to complete the work and there is an understanding that the conversations happen in time. But often asynchronous discussions have wide gaps of time between student interactions. One way to bring time closer to the students is to allow them to subscribe to forum threads they are involved in. You can do this in most LMS solutions. Students get an email alerting them to activity in the thread they are active in and it brings them closer “in real time” to the events happening in the class. While this can be overwhelming in larger courses, in a class of 20 or 30 students it usually does not amount to an unreasonable amount of email notifications. One of the most effective ways to bring timeliness to an online course is do a quick recap of previous week, as well as provide a preview of what is expected for the current week. Using screen capture software to go through the course and set expectations is a great way to not only share a bit of yourself with students, but it is a pre-emptive way to answer questions students commonly ask.

Input your students’ names, and we’ll automatically create usernames & passwords for them

What I've come to love as I use Twitter, and the value I share with these teachers, is being exposed to more thought-provoking articles than I ever had before, and learning of new resources just as soon as they become available.

Thirty Interesting Ways to Use Twitter"

"Help a Fellow Teacher Get on Twitter,"

Resources

archive the page so that if the content changes, or is removed, you will always have the original page that you bookmarked

tagged for easy searching, organized into lists, or presented as a slideshow

private

public

bulk create student accounts, with or without the use of student email addresses

limit communication to that of classmates and teachers only

automatically set up as a group, so all saved bookmarks can instantly be shared with peers.

share annotated bookmarks with a class to research a given topic.

share a useful website with the class

It’s essential that trainers and facilitators keep learning themselves, to acquire new tools that will help them keep ensuring the training sticks!

And if you’ve been ignoring social media, now’s the time to reconsider because it’s clearly here to stay.

Blended learning is about mixing up face-to-face learning with webinars, blogging, emails, forums, video, online learning and social media.

trainers must move away from doing things in the same old way, must reach out to learners in new ways, personalise their learning campaigns, and help people connect to each other around issues they care about!

From planning phase to project end, things have to change – become familiar with new styles of presenting using multimedia, and carefully choose visuals to tell your story!

are you trapped in DDD – Dinosaur design and development?

Activity Based Curriculum Design

70% of learning happens on the job 20% of learning happens through coaching and mentoring 10% of learning happens in training room and formal learning

BCF principle – better cheaper faster

no more plan-plan-do, its plan-do plan-do plan-do

Get used to bigger groups

Our community must start the shift by preparing learners for this new way of learning!

3. Follow up. I’ve written previously about the importance of coaching and the characteristics of an effective coach. A one-time information flood is ineffective, no matter how engaging the session’s leader may be. Teachers need support as they begin to implement new ideas, methods, and approaches. Note that support, not judgement, is needed. Showing up with an evaluation form is a certain way to kill any benefit professional development might yield. Teachers are learners, and we need the time and space to try, to reflect, to try again, to get helpful feedback, and to truly master implementation. We need the opportunity to learn. Coaching provides this opportunity, along with the encouragement and feedback necessary for success.

Watch the Sustainability Symposium video or read Dickinson Magazine’s sustainability issue.

They let parents know through social media, a phone call, or an email when a child has done something well

observe, coach, and co-teach

rich and extensive classroom libraries

students choice and easy access to books

they partner with teachers to ensure that all resources and texts used in the classroom are well written and are crafted by notable authors

the quality of relationships within the school and across the community