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When it comes to trying something new or looking into more tools. I believe I would like to do more research to see what other online instructors are doing. In this case, I found a great website called, eLearning Industry: www.elearningindustry.com. Here I can find articles written by online teaching professionals and for online teaching professionals. Also, the website is easy to navigate and always updated.

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Actually, no one uses just one type of intelligence; we all use several in our daily lives. Some are stronger than others for each person. Thus it's helpful to determine your learner's top intelligences and tailor your methods to best meet your learner's particular combination of strengths.

Complete resources for learning to use Unreal Engine 4. For those instructors teaching game development, this is the best and most thorough source of tutorials and videos which support learning the software package.

I require the SmarterMeasure assessment and am really interested in learning styles and what is the best way students learn.

Yes, there are a ton of great ed-tech tools out there, but which ones should you be adopting for your classroom? One of the best ways to narrow your choices is to get in touch with experts. I sent an email out to ed-tech experts (and great teachers) asking for their recommendations.

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To enjoy the full benefits of Diigo (seamless bookmarking, tagging, highlighting, clipping, sharing, annotating, searching, plus more!), we highly recommend that you install the Diigo toolbar (ie. a browser add-on extension). It installs in seconds, and no adware / spamware! Best of all, it's fully customizable to save desktop space!

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The Math Club at Virginia Commonwealth University provides this guide for the web's best math websites, math blogs, math YouTube videos, classic math textbooks, etc.

This video investigates students experiences of free online courses from some of the best institutions in the world.

Welcome to Plagiarism.org, your source of information on plagiarism and best practices for ensuring originality in written work.

This is the best online library I've come across on the net! I love the huge variety of topics and tools available for comprehensive research. Yet,it's easy to use and fun. Thank you so very much for being here.

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Free podcast hosting. Great site for weblogging all your podcasts

I find that this parking place for podcasts is efficient and effective. So far I have posted two podcasts using podbean, and I plan to have my students hold material on this website in future courses.

The best way to determine how to offer your distance learning course is to consider these items: What do you want your students to know? How do you teach this on campus? How comfortable are you with technology-and do you want to learn? Remember: More technology does not make better teaching or learning.

Synchronous or Asynchronous eLearning? Check the Benefits of Synchronous and Asynchronous e-Learning to choose the best learning solution for your learners.

In an online classroom environment many of the learning activities and expectations are similar to those found in a traditional classroom. These learning environments offer meaningful interactions in a face-to-face setting and are most commonly referred to as synchronous learning activities (Hrastinski, 2008; Harris et al., 2009; Simonson et al., 2012).

Online teaching is increasingly common at many types of higher education institutions, ranging from hybrid courses that offer a combination of in-person and online instruction, to fully online experiences and distance learning. The following resources provide guidelines for creating an online course, best practices for teaching online, and strategies for assessing the quality of online education.

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