Caulfield, J. (2011). How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course:
Achieving Student-Centered Learning through Blended Classroom, Online and
Experiential Activities. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing. ISBN: 9781579224226
This is a good review of a case that used the Wiki tool within their LMS to support student collaborative projects. The instructors talk about how they set up the activity, how they assessed it using the LMS user logs, as well as other strategies they used to create an effective implementation. Conclusion: Wiki is a great tool for online group collaboration for both Hybrid and Fully Online courses.
This site also had a more detailed PDF document
Online Discussions can be challenging to implement effectively. This video provides some helpful strategies and talks about the benefits
Benefits: enhanced communication; group feedback; build community; peer feedback; allows those shy in F2F to participate
Tips: Provide clear criteria; limit number of words; have students help moderate; collate and summarize for the students; be present in the discussion
Active Learning strategies improves student learning & motivation
Audience Response Feedback [Clickers are used in this video]: multiple choice questions, use results to focus discussion
Online Mini Lectures: provides content that is developed further in F2F class
This book offers a much-needed framework for understanding, managing and optimising the rapid transition to online
This book brings together voices from the fields of pedagogy, technology, architecture
This book offers practitioners and policy makers sound practical advice and useful predictions
"An LTA is an activity or application of information technology that is reliable, accessible, easy to learn, non-intimidating and incrementally low-cost in time, money, and stress."