Online Course Peer Review

Getting Creative with Online Discussions is the theme of the semester’s first “Learn from Each Other” session.  All LSC faculty members are invited to attend Thursday, October 2 from 12:00 to 1:00 in room E2402. 
Most of us use online discussions as a way to get our students interacting and learning from each other.  They can be a powerful learning [...]

While browsing through the MERLOT website (a good resource for online learning materials) I  happened upon the  Journal of Online Learning and Teaching.  This online journal is published quarterly and its objectives, as found on the website, are to:

Enable faculty to use technology effectively in teaching and learning by learning from a community of researchers and scholars;
Enable academic programs to [...]

When an online course goes through the peer review process and does not meet minimum rubric standards (minimum standards = a score of 60 out of 70 possible points AND yes scores on all 3-point essential standards) the course is considered “in progress”.  The instructor of the “in progress” course is strongly encouraged to make recommended changes in order to [...]

A couple of years ago, the LSC peer review team leaders had a brainstorm session and developed a list of online course best practices.  This list can be found in the upper left hand corner of this blog.  It’s good info!
While “surfing the web” (that sounds so outdated!), I recently found an excellent resource from [...]