Motivation and engagement are important elements of an online course. This newsletter has featured many tips on how to improve student motivation and engagement. Here
A wise teacher once told me that half of college success is just being organized, and I’m sure the same is true for any work.
Online instructors focus most of their teaching on curricular issues—what they will teach, how they will teach it, etc. But studies have found that differences
Screencasting is an ideal way for instructors to add a visual component to voice feedback, and make the experience similar to the student sitting next
In a recent Magna Online Seminar, Ollie Dreon, associate professor in the School of Education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, recommended varying assessment techniques in
We are finally entering an era of online content built specifically for the online environment. Much of this is being drive by MOOCs, which are
A team project should include some lessons about collaboration. In particular, students need to learn how to do shared document editing. Most people are still
In an age where a school’s web page is its most important information tool, most websites now include faculty biographies. But what do you find
Adult students in particular want instructors to show their humanity, because they view instructors more as colleagues and coinvestigators than as the “sage on the
For the past 100 years, folks in higher education have assumed that feedback must be written. Even when the assignment itself was not in text
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