Online Course Peer Review

LSC Librarian, Connie Moeller, recently presented a session to faculty about using streaming video in online classes.  She provided us with the following links to websites and film companies which provide free streaming video (these can be used right now free of charge in our online classes!):
Annenberg Media   http://www.learner.org/resources/browse.html (free but requires that you create [...]

Last week I attended the annual International Conference on College Teaching and Learning and came away with all kinds of good ideas to incorporate into my online classes.  One that I especially liked was using 4-5 minute YouTube video clips  to spur online discussions.  Here’s an example from nutrition instructor Karen Schuster of Florida Community College of [...]

The Online Peer Review Program and CTL are co-hosting the following “Learn from Each Other” sessions:
Monday, April 21 and Tuesday, April 22 from 12:00 - 1:00 (same session–choose one to attend) Connie Moeller will present “Library Videos On Demand - Streaming Video”.  The library is considering purchasing video titles in digital format so faculty [...]

Have you checked out the LSC Online Skills  D2L”course” that all online faculty and students have access to?   It’s an important resource that I’m guessing is underutilized.  To find it, click on the little plus sign next to Ongoing at the bottom of your D2L entry page and then on Tutorials and Samples.  This site is [...]

The LSC Online Peer Review Program and CTL are co-hosting the following “Learn from Each Other” sessions:
Wednesday, March 19 from 12:00 to 1:00 Betsy Ingram-Diver will showcase one of her online courses. This is a great opportunity to see how a colleague teaches online and to ask questions! This session will be held [...]

The line-up of speakers and presentation topics at this years RSP/ITeach conference looks impressive.  I’m especially eager to hear the keynote speakers, Mark Taylor and Betsy Barefoot (here’s one of Betsy’s presentations about “Rethinking the First Year College Experience” http://www.sc.edu/fye/events/presentation/Betsysplenary-Phoenix.ppt#264,10,A — good stuff!)
Our LSC team of peer review leaders will also speak at this year’s [...]

The rubric standard states: Netiquette guidelines for the course, including etiquette regarding discussions and email communications, are clearly stated.
Netiquette is, more or less, the use of appropriate communication online (network etiquette).  This rubric standard is worth just one point, yet clearly communicating to students what is expected in terms of appropriate communication can result in less [...]

At a presentation the peer review leaders were giving at LSC’s August 2007 duty day, one of the participants mentioned that seeing what others do in their online classrooms is extremely helpful for generating new online teaching ideas.  We all agreed, of course!  Taking it a step further, he suggested that we coordinate a series [...]

The semester has started and we’re off to the races!  For me, this first week is a welcome break from the craziness of prepping for the semester.  I like to have my classes all put together before opening day, and, well, procrastination means many late nights.  So, this first week, I’m thoroughly enjoying being able to kick [...]

LSC peer review rubric standard I.2 reads: Course layout, as designed by the instructor, is easy to navigate and understand. This 3-point item (an important one as all 3-point standards must be met in order for a course to meet overall expectations) assumes that the following are easy to locate, navigate and understand:

a course syllabus
a [...]