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This report synthesizes effective practices in online education. The synthesis includes links to detailed postings about practices, including the authors and their institutions.

Free one-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers with no install. Works from most browsers, but you can also download a desktop application. The paid version (only $15) enables more editing tools. Faculties can also buy a Pro Page Subscription, navigate to their page, and use the full version instantly. We have this in our division, and its a great tool for quick, no fuss recording for those who are not so tech savvy but still want to add videos to their courses.

This site provides helpful instruction for designing test questions.

Posted: Like all college and university faculty, August means finalizing fall syllabi and lesson plans, and pre-reading articles for fall courses. For many professors, this process includes thinking (or rethinking) on how to leverage social media to engage students in the semester's learning.

Having experimented with social media for learning -- especially Twitter -- across my courses, I am convinced that social media offers powerful opportunities to connect with students, by providing new ways for them to own the learning....

The clinic is organized and run by doctoral students of the physical therapy program at Lynchburg College who provide cutting-edge evidence-based therapy. We provide quality, free services under the supervision of licensed physical therapists from our faculty and the community to join in an educational partnership that benefits our patients.

This is a rather lengthy guidebook that I came across while researching this week's topic. It touches on many of the issues we've been dealing with in our course, but also includes tips and strategies for blended courses. I thought it'd be a good resource for anyone interested, as it summarises key points on the use of technology in higher education.

I created this webpage for an in-service I presented to my colleagues at a faculty development day. It offers several simple ways to integrate technology into lessons, with a focus on revivifying those lessons we get tired of teaching over and over. I hope you may find it useful!

Addresses new federal regulations regarding online learning

This is a brief description of three new federal regulations regarding online courses.

Years of helping faculty pass to the dark side of online education have taught me a few simple rules that I brow beat (in a collegial way) into all new online teachers.

This one doesn't have anything to do with class, but if you are introducing your class to technology it is a great place to start. My granddaughter's junior high tech class uses it. I was introduced to it when one of our faculty used it to make me a graduation gift. He put my thesis into the web site, printed it out and framed it. I loved the gift.

Study regarding faculty acceptance of online education

Adobe Connect presentation

7 out of 10 college students start their research with Wikipedia according to Project InfoLit's interviews. There's a disconnect between the handouts and faculty advice in my previous post and what students actually do. How can we use some of the tech tools discussed here to reconnect?

This first of two videos shows what college faculty handouts for research projects do and don't include to assist students with their research.

One potential casualty when courses move online - or even when face-to-face courses incorporate web-based technologies - is collaboration. Many instructors fear they will lose opportunities to interact with their students - and that their students will lose the ability to interact with one another.

Using Shared Online Video to Anchor Instruction: YouTube and Beyond

Free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education

Online teaching and learning materials

A must for anyone using technology in education

The Internet Scout Report is a weekly newsletter of sorts that shares some excellent internet resources that can be used in teaching (subscribe for free). Every week, I find myself forwarding at least two or three resources to our faculty, and the response has been very positive.