Mistakes are an important learning device, and good teachers will actually induce mistakes as a teaching device. Military training often puts recruits into situations where
Group projects teach collaboration skills that will be necessary in any job as well as non-job activities in groups such as clubs, religious organizations, and
Videos grab the viewer’s attention better than any other form of online education content, and with webcams built into nearly all laptops, and cheap external
Padlet (https://padlet.com) has become one of the most popular tools for teaching with technology. Designed as a whiteboard that allows multiple people to post content
Animation is an engaging format for delivering online content. We see it used in TED-Ed presentations, educational documentaries, and elsewhere. It is also much easier
Once you start making videos for education, you are going to want to use video-editing software to polish the results. Even a simple webcam shot
When online faculty or course developers are approached about adding videos to their content, they tend to think of either webcam shots of themselves at
Teaching is fundamentally about communicating, and all communication begins with getting your audience’s attention. You may propose to your spouse by writing “I love you”
New online faculty and course developers must understand that moving from face-to-face teaching to online teaching requires a change in mind-set from content creator to
When students do poorly on an assignment, faculty generally chalk it up to either a) lack of effort or b) lack of intelligence. But problems
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