Emory College Strategies for Online Teaching

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

Broken up into skills: speaking, writing, working collaboratively, this site identifies tools to assist in the learning process

This article is a rather old (1999) meta-analysis of the effect of small-group learning on undergraduate students in STEM majors and the outcomes of collaborative, cooperative, or mixed form learning on student achievement, attitudes and persistence. What we like about this article is that it is scientifically robust, from a really high impact (5 point impact factor) educational research journal. It serves as primary research evidence about how important small group learning can be on a number of outcomes, not just the outcome of achievement. While it doesn't address specifically online work, it is powerful research about the benefits of this kind of learning, which is really convincing, especially when we have students who might resist collaborative learning.

somewhat of a commercial for online learning, but does a good job of outlining global concerns of non-traditional learners. Curiously, like many articles that are older, it seems to attempt to define the non-traditional learner as an older learner, not younger technology savvy learners and those who learn differently.

The Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, covers challenges in online language learning and recommends best practices

Course Design for Content Based Learning

A statement of a learning objective contains a verb (an action) and an object (usually a noun). The verb generally refers to [actions associated with] the intended cognitive process. The object generally describes the knowledge students are expected to acquire or construct. (Anderson and Krathwohl, 2001, pp.

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 the online ADDIE workbook I used to design a previous workshop. It's a nice step through of the overall process with lots of external resouces. The Instructional System Design Model (ISD) uses five phases (Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) for creating both informal and formal learning processes.

Rapid prototyping uses a process/system to analyze and then develop a solution to a problem or situation. Also involving what is known as spiral prototyping it allows for a solution to be put forth, but continually augmented because of an environment that is in dynamic change. Rapid Prototyping (spiral) Model concept definition implementation of a skeletal system user evaluation and concept refinement implementation of refined requirements user evaluation and concept refinement implementation of refined requirements [etc., etc., in a continuous cycle]

Resources for Web 2.0 technologies and composition pedagogy From Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects By Kristin L. Arola, Jennifer Sheppard, & Cheryl Ball

A huge list of Design Models including: Postmodern Phenomenological Models Constructivist Models   (see also Constructivism) Action Research (Participatory Design Models) Activity Theory (artifact-mediated and object-oriented action) Anchored Instruction (John Bransford) Andrgogy (Malcom Knowles) Cognitive Apprenticeship (Collins, Brown and Newman) Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Rand Spiro) Generative Learning - Merlin C.

This article investigates the gap between instructional training and technology training when it comes to second language teachers.

This is a article from a colleague of mine on his experience "flipping" his classroom.

That's a pretty good overview of things to keep in mind; hopefully, going through this class will help to understand how to put some of these things into practice! I've followed a number of Coursera courses on topics related to my PhD, and I've been trying to keep an eye on what I liked and disliked about the way each course was run, so I hope to incorporate some of that into any future online teaching I do.

This paper explores the relationship between student perceptions of various aspects of the course and their actual performance and participation

This is Florida Gulf Coast's site for online coursework design which includes their guidance for the steps in coursework development (instructional design, goals and objectives, etc...) as well as advice on media and technology use and other factors. I saw a few items which mimicked items from our readings.

This is one of the techniques that I try to use when I find myself easily getting distracted. The Pomodoro Technique is a way to stay focused by alternating set periods of work and breaks (each period is a "pomodoro"). Once the basic habits are set, one can start planning out how many pomodoros an activity will take and establish a set plan for the day.

I do so enjoy the Pomodoro Technique...when I remember to use it! Excellent resource to share, Robert. One app I actually purchased.

This is a brief article aimed at University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate students offering time management and email writing tips. I chose this article both because I find the general time management tips helpful for everyone and I feel that many of my students would benefit from similar suggestions/guidelines when communicating professionally online. I especially enjoyed the line reminding students, "that many faculty view an e-mail message as a letter that was delivered quickly rather than a quick conversation."

This is a good summary of how to organize our thoughts about "flipped classrooms".

This is a good summary of how to organize our thoughts about "flipped classrooms".