A recommended beginning guide to copyright issues for higher ed

More twitter for teacher links than you'll ever need - scan through and see if one strikes your fancy.

Make sure to take the tour

Highlights the tendency to recreate the victorian, traditional classroom in Second Life and offers some quick examples of alternative experience

"Second life does provide social presence through the avatars we use, lots of opportunities for role play (let's face it, it is at a minimum a role play game), and yes it is immersive, allowing you to experience human from inside the cell walls or visit a detailed simulation of the Cistine Chapel. But the real power of Second Life as a virtual venue for your teaching and learning is the ability to translate real content into something really exciting and powerful. That of course is where the difficulty lies isn't it?"

Excellent Video about using VoiceThread to create an engaging and healthy online learning environment.

ABSTRACT This paper reports the findings of a case study in which audio feedback replaced text-based feedback in asynchronous courses. Previous research has demonstrated that participants in online courses can build effective learning communities through text based communication alone. Similarly, it has been demonstrated that instructors for online courses can adequately project immediacy behaviors using textbased communication.

Sloan-C has recognized outstanding work in the field of online learning through an annual awards process since 2001. The Sloan-C Awards and Recognition Committee has overall responsibility for overseeing and monitoring all Sloan-C awards, including * existing awards * proposing new awards * establishing criteria for all awards * creating and maintaining all procedures for nominations and selection * proposing to the board financial or other considerations for all awards * establishing/empaneling review committees as necessary

Dr. Barksdale spoke about VoiceThread at the 2009 iNet conference. It's an excellent way to promote classroom interaction.

These are the resources about Clickers from the TLT group, an educational technology non-profit.

TurningPoint and TurningPoint AnyWhere (both Mac and PC) are used at DUSON as a 'clicker' technology to engage students in the classroom.

Evidence for Clicker use. Details a research study about using Clicker / TurningPoint is a classroom.

Industry best practices suggest that "portfolio assessment" is the best way to combat the existence of cheating in an online environment.

A few DUSON professors are using iTouch PDAs in class. The entire DNP cohort is given an iTouch to use during the program. They are intended for downloading and viewing lectures on the run, but there are many more options for use - look here for ideas!

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An interesting blog about nursing