Anyone who has used group projects in their teaching knows that they can be a double-edged sword. While they can teach valuable collaboration skills that
We learn by connecting new information to prior knowledge (Palfreman, 1992). Much of this involves categorizing information according to patterns. Whereas the average American football
The internet is full of people voluntarily sharing information for the benefit of others. It originated as a means for government and academic researchers to
Behance is a digital portfolio system that is popular among artists. This makes it ideal for visual art students to develop their professional resumes for
We live in a world where information is often conveyed visually through infographics and the like, and while creating those graphics used to be the
Face-to-face instructors who give in-class exams have a challenge when moving their courses online: How to ensure that students do not cheat on the exams
In a former job as a program director for two online master’s degrees, I was required to write a weekly blog post for students on
Experience shows that online courses naturally lend themselves to more self-disclosure on the part of faculty and students than face-to-face courses do, possibly due to
The LMS discussion forum was once the only real option for hosting discussion in an online course. But today there are a variety of options,
At heart, teaching is about explaining something in a way that another understands. But it’s easy to forget this simple fact and fall into a
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