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Archive for October, 2008

Incorporating library resources

Journal article reports have proven to be one of the most successful activities I’ve required of my students.  When I first started teaching online, I knew I wanted to incorporate library research somehow, but wasn’t sure just how to go about it.  One of LSC’s librarians, Connie Moeller, encouraged me to have students search for journal [...]

Posted: October 24th, 2008 under Peer Review.
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Learn from Each Other October 22

All faculty who teach online or who are thinking about teaching online, are invited to an open lab time to learn from each other!  While the hour will be largely unstructured, participants will have the opportunity to view examples of quality online learning on the “big screen” and discussions will be facilitated to maximize the [...]

Posted: October 14th, 2008 under Peer Review.
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Creativity with Online Discussions

Some of the information presented at Thursday’s discussion presentation:
Adding creativity to online discussions:

Write great discussion questions  http://jolt.merlot.org/vol3no2/akin.htm 
Invite a guest speaker or “expert” into your online discussion
Have different online classes interact with each other - perhaps have one group of students teach another group a new concept
Incorporate3 - 5 minute YouTube videos or podcasts
Utilize a free online survey [...]

Posted: October 3rd, 2008 under Peer Review.
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