Using Feed-Based Social Media
Social media fundamentally transformed the web by making everyone a content producer. But this move from web 1.0 to 2.0 also exploded the number of
Social media fundamentally transformed the web by making everyone a content producer. But this move from web 1.0 to 2.0 also exploded the number of
Group activities are an excellent way to improve student learning in an online course. But they invariably raise the free-rider problem—the student who does not
Most faculty require students to present the results of their research and thinking in text form—the ubiquitous “paper” assignment. But in the real world, information
The famous baseball player Cal Ripkin Jr. was known to hit 500 balls in practice per day. If he was working on the traditional model
Many years ago, a higher-education publication ran a commentary from a faculty member who complained that students were bored by her lectures because she was
The Learning Management System (LMS) was developed to allow faculty to create online courses without having to learn HTML. It provided even the least technologically
Group work is a valuable learning device that teaches teamwork skills which students will use no matter what profession they enter. It is perhaps even
This year’s Online Education Year-In-Review comes to us via Ray Schroeder, associate vice chancellor for online learning at the University of Illinois Springfield and long-time
There are many ways to make engaging and highly effective videos for education, including live action, voice-over imagery, animation, stop action, and others. The newest
A faculty member once told me that experience does not teach; only reflection on experience teaches. We become better teachers by reflecting on what went
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