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Features a selection of multimedia tools to help students integrate music and visual arts in order to put up a show at an online gallery.

In this article the author describes the design and development of an online learning resource: 'Video Guide to Audacity.'

This is great. I use Audacity in my Sound Design courses as one of the many design platform options.

Written in 2006, the author shares his tips and tricks for reducing instructor workload after teaching both online and hybrid courses. Two useful tips the author shared are: 1) to create a reference list and share links to references as applicable in each learning module, and 2) to setup appropriate assessments when developing course assignments (such as mixing instructor, peer, and self-assessments) to help instructor manage workload assessment per student.

This is a succinct, two-page summary of OERs. It would be useful background to hand out to students.

The University of Toronto performed a study on the relationship to class size, class participation and grades. It included 25 courses with 25 instructors and 341 students. The conclusion was that students performed well in small online classes and that performance, defined as participation and grades, declined proportionally as class size increased. The study also looked at small group activities and found that large class performance improved by using small group activities. It also emphasized the importance of the software used for the small group discussions.

This article addresses practical concerns about online discussions. It stresses the importance of having good discussion questions that are clearly linked to the learning objectives. There are also some good assessment tips.

I like the title, but I couldn't access it -- sign in required??

Yes, Peggy, the article comes from one of the main databases through the Emory Library.

This article describes the framework of four open educational practices based on patterns of OER reuse, mapped against the processes of curriculum design and delivery. Includes evidence, examples and ideas for application by practitioners, as well as recommendations for institutional policies on OER and OEP.

Hi Kristy, I really like the figure on page 12 of the article. The box for reflective and strategic enhancement and would I ever love to participate in Carpe Diem! Great find.

This paper combines two of our course's concerns: the importance of social presence in the online classroom (deNoyelles et al. 2014) and instructional design. It refers to the ADDIE model of instructional design in order to optimize effective social presence in the online classroom, and lists several course design strategies in the final section (pp. 676-678) to increase the student perception of valuable instructor social presence.

This is on the ambitious side for the use of games in the classroom, but it would be interesting, particularly for language learning

This article talks about using the ADDIE model to design a one-shot library session. Since that is what I do, I may have to take another look at ADDIE.

As we begin our peer assessment, this article from Troy who has used the Quality Matters rubric in their assessment of online courses gives great tips and tidbits for further improvement

Introduces IoT as defined in the 2012 Horizon Report as "the latest evolution of network-aware smart objects that connect the physical world with information" (p. 30). References 4 YouTube videos as good introductions to IoT and relates IoT to educational innovation.

This is a short article focused on the 2014 Horizon Report and the context of connections. Published in Nursing Education Perspectives journal in their Emerging Technologies section.

Kristy, this is awesome find. The term Connected Age may be one of the next buzz words of our lives. I've added a couple of additional tags so that searching becomes meaningful. Using "nursing" as a tag is perfect because there are about 8 SON faculty who have access to this group. (This cohort and last)