Online Teaching Strategies - Guide to Distance Learning. With the number of students enrolled in online classes growing each year, the instructors are having to build their online classroom quickly, post assignments quickly, and look over each discussion, project, assignment, etc. that the students turn in. But with the quicker pace comes neglect in some areas of provision of interesting and engaging assignments to the students. There are some difficulties when attending online courses and no matter the difficulties, instructors need to learn how to build an interesting and comfortable environment for their students. Some instructors do not even realize the wealth of interesting and available tools that are at their disposal.
There are many places that students can go to online that help augment the lesson or assignment at hand. There are so many great strategies for online instructors to build and maintain an engaging environment. (Photo courtesy of blaine-confer.blogspot.com) Using Audio Feedback to Promote Teaching Presence - Spectrum Newsletter Spring 2009. The Evolution of Digital Learning. Clipsay. Free reference manager and PDF organizer | Mendeley. Mobile. 12 Principles Of Mobile Learning. 12 Principles Of Mobile Learning by Terry Heick Ed note: This post has been updated and republished from a 2012 post Mobile Learning is about self-actuated personalization. As learning practices and technology tools change, mobile learning itself will continue to evolve. For 2016, the focus is on a variety of challenges, from how learners access content to how the idea of a “curriculum” is defined.
Technology like tablets PCs, apps, and access to broadband internet are lubricating the shift to mobile learning, but a truly immersive mobile learning environment goes beyond the tools for learning to the lives and communities valued by each individual learner. It is only within these communities that the native context of each learner can be fully understood. 1. A mobile learning environment is about access to content, peers, experts, portfolio artifacts, credible sources, and previous thinking on relevant topics. 2. 3. The cloud is the enabler of “smart” mobility. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Formative Assessment Is Foundational to Blended Learning. E-Learning | Viewpoint Formative Assessment Is Foundational to Blended Learning In the eighth installment of their monthly column, blended learning experts Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker cite innovative examples of schools utilizing formative assessment software in blended learning programs to develop a personalized experience for students.
By Michael Horn, Heather Staker11/14/12 Formative assessment began long before blended learning. Teachers have used formative assessment for decades as a method to get feedback about how students are progressing in their learning (see education.com). What is 'Formative Assessment? ' Blended learning, however, changes the equation. Built-in Formative Assessment in Online CoursesIn some cases, blended learning programs are using all-in-one software for formative assessment and for delivering adaptive content.
Third-party Formative AssessmentIn other cases, blended learning programs are using third-party formative assessment. About the Authors. Online Educational Delivery Models: A Descriptive View (EDUCAUSE Review. Phil Hill is an independent consultant and blogs at e-Literate. Although there has been a long history of distance education, the creation of online education occurred just over a decade and a half ago—a relatively short time in academic terms. Early course delivery via the web had started by 1994, soon followed by a more structured approach using the new category of course management systems.1 Since that time, online education has slowly but steadily grown in popularity, to the point that in the fall of 2010, almost one-third of U.S. postsecondary students were taking at least one course online.2 Fast forward to 2012: a new concept called Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is generating widespread interest in higher education circles.
Most significantly, it has opened up strategic discussions in higher education cabinets and boardrooms about online education. What does this emerging landscape of educational delivery models look like? Ad Hoc Online Courses and Programs MOOCs. Do you have the wrong impression about online learning? Four Tips: Creating Prompts for Online Discussion Boards. Home | Using Groups in the Classroom | Four Tips: Creating Prompts for Online Discussion Boards | The Value of Peer Learning | Designing Effective Group Assignments | For Students: How to Make the Most of Group Work Particularly for online courses, using discussion boards can be an effective way to encourage group or team interaction.
You can encourage peer-to-peer interaction as students react or respond to a prompt and then interact with one another based on those responses, or assign a prompt for each student to read and respond to that you can evaluate personally. No matter the goal of your discussion board activity, you likely want to ensure that students' responses are thoughtful, complete, and insightful. Read on for tips, courtesy of the TeamUP Professional Development Portal, that you can keep in mind as you create online discussion board prompts.
Utilizing an Assessment Timeline with Social Media Integrations. K-W-L-H Technique. The K-W-L-H teaching technique is a good method to help students activate prior knowledge. It is a group instruction activity developed by Donna Ogle (1986) that serves as a model for active thinking during reading. K - Stands for helping students recall what they KNOW about the subject. W - Stands for helping students determine what they WANT to learn. L - Stands for helping students identify what they LEARN as they read. H - Stands for HOW we can learn more (other sources where additional information on the topic can be found). Students complete the "categories" section at the bottom of the graphic organizer by asking themselves what each statement in the "L" section (What We Learned) describes.
They use these categories and the information in the "H" section (How Can We Learn More) to learn more about the topic. Additional graphic organizers. What they've learned. Sample K-W-L-H Dinosaurs References Adapted from Strategic Teaching and Reading Project Guidebook. The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades - Powered by Google Docs. Onlineed. CIIA: Teaching and Learning Resources - Assessment and Outcomes. By Richard Frye, Western Washington University Introduction: Focus on Student Learning Outcomes Both the Washington State Legislature and the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges (Western's accrediting agency) require all degree-granting programs to develop a plan for the assessment of student learning outcomes, and to document its use for continual program improvement. That both agencies now focus on the importance of student learning outcomes represents a significant convergence of two major trends in higher education: the assessment movement and the accountability movement.
Assessment has evolved from efforts to improve the quality of educational outcomes by continually improving teaching and learning, while accountability has evolved primarily from the efforts of state legislatures to make higher education more cost-effective. Online Instruction Assessment: Best Practices | The Learning House, Inc. Blog. Presented by Dr. David Clinefelter and Mimi O’Malley, The Learning House, Inc. The Learning House, Inc. developed its quality assessment rubric using research from four key tools: Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson’s Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, Quality Matters, the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health Online Course Minimum Standards and the University of California-Chico Rubric for Online Instruction.
When assessing online instruction, institutions should evaluate: Social presence and availability: Instructor engagement builds rapport. When measuring this quality, consider initial news forums, announcements and discussion forum posts from the first lesson. Forum and assignment feedback: The quality and quantity of online feedback establish an instructor’s presence in a virtual space. Grading feedback: Giving grades promptly is an important part of engaging students. WorldFolios. THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education. The relationship between frequency of Facebook use, participation in Facebook activities, and student engagement.
100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom » Online College.org. Facebook isn't just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what's happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class. Note: Check out our updated version of this article for even more suggestions on Facebook in your class.
Class Projects The following ideas are just a starting point for class projects that can be used with Facebook in the classroom. Follow news feeds. Have students follow news feeds relevant to the course material in order to keep current information flowing through the class.Share book reviews. Facilitate Communication Create groups. Benefits. Article_2. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE October 2010 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 11 Number: 4 Article 2 Tina LIM Open University Malaysia Jalan Tun Ismail 50480 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Originally created by Harvard University computer science student Mark Zuckerberg side by side with fellow coursemates Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes for their own personal use, Facebook has since then become a household name to the world of the computer savvy and even to the not so technologically-literate. As the story goes, Zuckerberg had initially invented a social site project called Facemash in 2003 and later further expanded and revamped it to cater to the academic needs of Harvard students.
Facebook appears to be gaining popularity as time goes by. Ø More than 400 million active users Ø 50% of their active users log on to Facebook in any given day Ø More than 35 million users update their status each day Ø More than 60 million status updates posted each day Facebook in education.