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  • Ted Curran on 09 Nov 10
     
    A collection of open, online, free pharmacy books compiled by an Egyptian pharmacist. BEWARE-- many of these are verging on out-of-date....
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  • we explore methods of fostering student engagement, stimulating intellectual development, and building rapport with students when teaching online
  • What the Best College Teachers Do, Ken Bain (2004) identified a set of core characteristics of exemplary college teachers
  • The FLC was supported by funds provided by the Academic Affairs Division, and its members received a stipend of $500 for their participation.
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  • arguments and evidence are more important than facts and figures
  • communicating clear goals and expectations
  • incorporating multiple active learning opportunities
  • providing frequent, prompt, and constructive feedback
  • creating teacher support resources
  • an exploratory study of the practices of exemplary online teachers, Lewis and Abdul-Hamid (2006)
  • efforts to provide constructive and individualized feedback to students
  • facilitating student interaction
  • paying attention to how a course is organized and how teacher presence is enhanced
  • involvement and learning
  • most of the literature deals with the “science” of online teaching rather than the “art” of online teaching. In this paper, we attempt to remedy this state of affairs
  • Faculty Learning Community
  • The program typically includes a curriculum about enhancing teaching and learning with regularly-scheduled meetings and activities that provide participants with opportunities pertaining to the FLC’s major focus. An important component of an FLC is an emphasis on the scholarship of teaching and learning
  • eLearning Pedagogy FLC
  • Its general goal was to increase faculty interest in learning and teaching with instructional technologies
  • Peers are viewed as important in the learning process by creating an environment where “students can reason together and challenge each other” (p. 53) and grapple with the content together while building a sense of community
  • participants attended monthly meetings that included teaching and learning activities, development and training opportunities, and community building
  • participants read the literature on the scholarship of teaching and designed individual projects that allowed the assessment and evaluation of their instructional changes, suitable for presentation or publication in a professional journal
  • At the start of our FLC, we read Bain’s book, with the goal of discussing it in terms of its implications for teaching online
  • during these discussions, each FLC member listed out the major and most interesting points from Bain’s book
  • understanding is more important than remembering
  • we analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of what the best teachers studied by Bain did in terms of online teaching
  • creating effective student interactions with faculty, peers, and content
  • fostering student engagement
  • s timulating intellectual development
  • confronting intriguing, beautiful or important problems, authentic tasks that will challenge [students] to grapple with ideas, rethink assumptions and examine mental models of reality
  • building rapport with students
  • behaviors such as demonstrating and encouraging trust and potential in students, flexibility, self-directed learning, communicating learning and success intentions to students, and conveying realistic goals and expectations.
  • Fostering Student Engagement
  • foster engagement through effective student interactions with faculty, peers, and content
  • see the potential in every student, demonstrate a strong trust in their students, encourage them to be reflective and candid, and foster intrinsic motivation moving students toward learning goals
  • The best teachers want students to learn, regularly assess their efforts and make adjustments as needed, and accommodate diversity with sensitivity to student needs and issues
  • we summarized the major categories of behaviors shown by Bain’s best teachers that are most applicable to online teaching and learning
  • Class content – through its design, lectures, discussions, and assignments – supports the student learning objectives
  • Accordingly, the best teachers use meaningful examples, stimulating assignments, and thought provoking questions to motivate students to know more about their discipline
  • creating a community of learners where the quantity and quality of interactions with peers and faculty foster student engagement
  • Student-to-faculty interaction is considered paramount in fostering student engagement
  • student-to-student interaction is equally important as the quality and quantity of exchanges are predictors of success
  • students should “feel a personal and emotional connection to the subject, their professor, and their peers
  • In the online environment, lecture need not and should not be the primary teaching strategy because it leads to learner isolation and attrition
  • The most important role of the teacher is to ensure a high level of interaction and participation
  • This is achieved by means of greater student-to-faculty contact, participation in class discussions, and a more reflective learning style
  • it is imperative that students be active, not passive, to create a true learning environment
  • Ted Curran on 22 Oct 12
     
    An account of a professional development project based on exemplary teacher best practices.
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  • Ted Curran on 01 Mar 10
     
    Podcasts of Classic Books.
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    Lists and Comparison of Licenses Comparison of free software licences - on Wikipedia Free Software Foundation (FSF) List of Licenses Free Software Foundation (FSF) approved software licences - On Wikipedia GNU List of Various Licenses and Comments about Them - see GNU Project below Alternative Licenses Apache Software Foundation Licenses - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Foundation On Wikipedia Creative Commons License - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons On Wikipedia Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines On Wikipedia Free Software Foundation (FSF) - On Wikipedia GNU Project Licences GNU Project - On Wikipedia GNU licenses GNU General Public License (GPL) - On Wikipedia GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) - On Wikipedia GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) - On Wikipedia GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) - On Wikipedia "The rule made by the owners of proprietary software was, 'If you share with your neighbor, you are a pirate. If you want any changes, beg us to make them.'" - by Richard Stallman, originally published in the book "Open Sources". See The GNU Project None: AlternativeCopyrightOptions (last edited 2011-03-23 14:16:34 by RayMosteller)
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    Academic Copyright Information Disclaimer: The purpose of this wiki webpage is to provide links to information about copyright and "fair use" to help faculty and students make informed decisions about copyright issues. Nothing on this page is intended to serve as legal advice. If you have legal questions about copyright, you should consult a lawyer or the general counsel's office in your institution. Nothing on this page should be construed as representing the policy or opinion of the University of Southern California. Please send comments to RayMosteller Related: CopyrightInformation - AlternativeCopyrightOptions - UscCopyrightInformation - EducationalResources Copyright and Fair Use Case Law Academic Publishers vs. Georgia State University - Lawsuit filed April 15, 2008 Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp. - 758 F.Supp. 1522 (S.D.N.Y. 1991) Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, INC. - No. 94-1778 6th Cir. 1996 decision vacated Key Court Case Summaries on Fair Use Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office - Columbia University Libraries / Information Services Fair Use Checklist Copyright Scenarios Court Case Summaries - Regarding Fair Use Fair Use Resources Cornell University Copyright Information Center Cornell Copyright Policies, Guidance, and Policy Interpretations Cornell Electronic Course Content Copyright Guidelines - Press release Cornell Electronic Course Content Copyright Guidelines - (PDF) Course Reserves Copyright Guidelines - (PDF) Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States Copyright Resources Cornell Copyright Decision Tree - (PDF) Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) Copyright Management Center Fair-Use Issues Fair-Use: Overview and Meaning for Higher Education Fair-Use Guidelines Key Court Case Summaries on Fair Use Teach Act and Distance Learning North Carolina State University Intellectual Property Student Privacy Law (FERPA) Penn State Uni
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  • Ted Curran on 04 Apr 11
     
    Content Tagged with oer + opencontent AcrossWorld Education | Connect. Collaborate. Innovate. Monday, March 28, 2011 opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource education opensource opencontent OER My #CCK11 Talk - Sharing to Connect, Interact and Learn! Thursday, March 17, 2011 opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource sharing opensource opencontent OER openness cck11 elesig OPAL - The Open Educational Quality Initiative Saturday, March 12, 2011 opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource opensource opencontent OER opened EDUCAUSE Review Magazine Thursday, February 10, 2011 Volume 45, Number 4, July/August 2010 | EDUCAUSE Article about OPEN: Open Educational Resources, Open Faculty, etc. opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource opensource opencontent OER Content on Congress 2011 -- THE Journal Tuesday, January 04, 2011 opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource open opensource Conference opencontent OER OpenCourseWare- Open High School of Utah Tuesday, January 04, 2011 opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource open opensource resources opencontent opencourseware OER MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching Saturday, January 01, 2011 opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource Web2.0 open education opencontent higher OER lessonplans The Cape Town Open Education Declaration Thursday, October 21, 2010 "It is at once a statement of principle, a statement of strategy and a statement of commitment. It is meant to spark dialogue, to inspire action and to help the open education movement grow. Open education is a living idea. As the movement grows, this idea will continue to evolve. There will be other visions initiatives and declarations beyond Cape Town. This is exactly the point. The Cape Town signatories have committed to developing further strategies, especially around open technology and teaching practices." opensource: del.icio.us tag/opensource education opensource openaccess opencontent OER declaration openeducation Home - OLCOS Thursday, October 21
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Foundations of Education and Instructional Assessment - Wikibooks, open books for an op... - 0 views

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    A wikibook on education, created by ed. students.
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