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Motivation plays a mayor role in Online teaching. I found this article helpful because it provides tips on three important aspects: social support, course content & instructors behavior.

For the most part, students in online degree and certificate programs are learning on their own. There's no pressure to show up to a physical classroom filled with other students and an instructor, for example, and many online learners need to complete their coursework and attend live sessions around a full-time job and family obligations.

Extremely thorough overview of problems and solutions to keeping online students engaged, with copious references and resources for further exploration.

Great article on getting students interactive and motivated in class and in coursework.

My students hate writing, especially in math. To create a happy medium I decided to integrate the use of micro-blogging into my classroom to motivate my students to begin to at least use mathematical language in class.

Interesting article on how technology impacts the classroom today.

This article provides insights into the educational value of web 2.0 tools and how these tools may be used within education

This article encourages and motivates the exploration of best practices in integrating digital games, social networking, and simulations in the learning environment.

This is my fear. Yes, libraries use social media but does anyone care? Like anything, good use of social media requires thought and planning.

Interesting indeed....Chicago Public Library has a growing number of fans. That's reassuring.

One should keep the posts coming, cause if one stops, then no one would listen for sure!

I am a maker! This video shows the Morse Code generator/trainer that I created as an introductory Arduino project. I used the Elego Super Starter Kit which goes for about $30 right now on Amazon. I used three tutorials for the bits and pieces: Green LED; Push Button; 1602 LCD Module. I then wrote C code to write the Arduino sketch that makes it all work together. I am looking forward to making more and more fun electronics video in the future. But what to make next?

Hi Brad, What a fun project! This looks like a great way to motivate students to apply what they're learning.

Thanks! I'd like to think it'd be at least a little something different for them to try.

Student perceptions on online learning

Very interesting indeed. I have always thought that students are more reflective when they post their responses online than when we are having F2F discussions in the classroom. And now it's supported by surveys. In the end it's true though that even if online courses require more self-motivation and time-management skills, student engagement still relies a lot on how the instructor manages the online classroom. Thanks for posting!

6 Pros And Cons Of Social Media In The Classroom; this article gives good food for thought and ideas; motivates me to delve a little further into the main points of the article

Looks like an interesting article to me!