Group work is a valuable learning device that teaches teamwork skills which students will use no matter what profession they enter. It is perhaps even
This year’s Online Education Year-In-Review comes to us via Ray Schroeder, associate vice chancellor for online learning at the University of Illinois Springfield and long-time
There are many ways to make engaging and highly effective videos for education, including live action, voice-over imagery, animation, stop action, and others. The newest
A faculty member once told me that experience does not teach; only reflection on experience teaches. We become better teachers by reflecting on what went
A number of video types that work well in an online environment, each with its own strengths that make it appropriate for teaching certain types
Context is everything in learning. The events leading to the Civil War make sense only within the wider context of debates over states’ rights and
I often tell faculty interested in online teaching that it requires a fundamental change in mindset from content creator to content curator. Faculty are used
One major attraction of social media is that we are using trusted sources to curate interesting content. Friends post funny videos and the like that
Massively open online courses (MOOCs) have become a major part of online learning, with numerous universities offering courses that draw upwards of thousands or even
Athletes are often “graded out” by their coaches after a game, and they always know ahead of time the exact criteria that will be used
