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Use Technology to Promote Integrity and Battle Cheating and Plagiarism
So You Want to Teach Online A great article by Micheal Coghlin from TAFE SA on online teaching using WebCT.
Wikiversity - Facilitating Online Course This course is designed to help people to access and interpret models, research, and develop professional expertise in online facilitation. After completing this course people should be confident in facilitating online and/or be able to critique and offer advice to other people in online facilitation. The next facilitated course started 27 July 2009 and runs to 4 December 2009.
Improving the Discussion Board This report contains complete information about the design, offering, and assessment of a new American literature course in order to experiment with improving the discussion board -- including background material, a running narrative, handouts, eight student surveys with responses and commentary, and, especially, annotations of nearly 200 discussion board posts and exchanges. by Edward J. Gallagher
Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Tools As an online complement to their December 2003 Executive Update article,"Beyond the Breakout Room: How Technology Can Help Sustain Community,"Soren Kaplan and Julia Lynn Ashley present a detailed view of some of the synchronous and asynchronous communication tools that associations can use to create a full, rich learning experience and sense of community for their members.
Facilitation Skills in an Online World article by F Harris Copyright © 2004 Harris F. The author assigns to the Knowledge Tree e-journal and educational non-profit institutions a non-exclusive license to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author also grants to the Knowledge Tree e-journal a non-exclusive license to publish this document in electronic or print form within Knowledge Tree e-journal publications and/or the World Wide Web. Any other usage is prohibited without the express permission of the author.
Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy - a really interesting article and best of all - it talks about the students doing most of the work.
Online Classroom Dialogue Using Synchronous and Asynchronous Tools as a Scaffold for Deeper Learning
Full Circle Associates' Online Interaction Tool Tour The Tool Tour is designed to give you a sense of the range of online interaction and collaboration tools available. Different tools are applied for different functions. There are a LOT of tools here. Feel free to skip around as time allows.
Discussion Board Tips and Pedagogy This is a very useful article that contains sample rubrics, ideas for topics, advantages and disadvantages. From the Middle Tennessee State University.
Sample Discussion Board Rubric by Lynnda L Brown
Online Facilitation Wiki This wiki is a resource collection place for Nancy White, Full Circle Associates and an adjunct to the Online Facilitation list on Yahoogroups, founded in August 1999. Consider it a general playground around online facilitation and online community work. When I can, I will do client work here openly that may be useful to others. Consider it a shared resource.
Instant Messaging in On-Site and Online Classes in Higher Education Instant Messaging in On-Site and Online Classes in Higher Education
Learning in Virtual Worlds - Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier with Cynthia Calongne In this Keynote Session, Cynthia Calongne, also known as Lyr Lobo in Second Life, will offer perspectives on the use of virtual worlds for engaging learners. Calongne's software engineering courses at Colorado Technical University include class and projects in Second Life. For thirteen years, she worked as a software engineer in support of Air Force Space Command and on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Her doctoral research specialized in the design of easy-to-use, immersive virtual reality systems. Today, her research includes games and game-based rubrics in education and in virtual worlds.
Learn Central Site created by Elluminate with some good training and resources
Bloom's Taxonomy - Bloom's Digitally by Andrew Churches
Online Discourse - article on discussions in online courses. Authorship must be attributed to Mark Nichols, Laidlaw College, New Zealand.
The Taxonomy for the Technology Domain
Faculty Focus - Free Reports
Handbook on Synchronous E-Learning
The discussion method is one of the most commonly used pedagogical techniques in the online classroom. Discussion is widely used because it can promote several types of thinking-and certain types of thinking especially those characterized as constructivist, are important in education. Proper attention to the design, facilitation, and maintenance of an online instructional discussion is critical to promote students' constructive thinking. Questioning is a significant instructional design element for the promotion of effective discussion. This article describes a theoretical framework for designing questions for starting online discussion and follow-up questions to maintain the discussion. This framework is placed within a broader context of discussion within a constructivist, online environment. Numerous examples of discussion questions which were gathered from experienced online instructors are presented with the goal of preparing students and teachers to participate effectively in online discussions.
http://www.tcpd.org/Thornburg/Handouts.html∞ this site contains some wonderful articles:
A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything' was a conference for educators held in May 2008 - though mostly focused towards primary and secondary teachers the information was still relevant to TAFE. One of the presenters will Will Richardson and he has a wiki that he runs his presentation from. There is lots of information, links etc on the wiki, so if you interested, go have a look at Will's Wiki. Will also has a blog which is interesting also worth having a look at -Will's Blog
Stephen D. Brookfield and Jonathan Finkelstein met again for an intriguing conversation about education, and I thought you would enjoy hearing it. Thousands of educators listened to their last podcast on Critical Thinking. This time, Brookfield and Finkelstein explored a new way of looking at leadership that has important implications for how we teach or “lead” our courses, as well as how we teach our students to be leaders. The short podcast will interest anyone looking for ways to improve their facilitation skills and foster more inclusive learning communities — online or offline. The discussion is a pre-cursor to the 7th Annual International Online Conference for Teaching and Learning (IOC2009) to be held March 30-31, 2009, during which Brookfield will address this topic further as part of his online keynote address. The podcast and keynote session are based on a recent book co-authored by Brookfield and Stephen Preskill, entitled "Learning as a Way of Leading: Lessons from the Struggle for Social Justice" (Jossey-Bass, 2008). Brookfield’s session is sponsored by Jossey-Bass. To listen to the podcast click here
Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt recently spoke to LearningTimes Executive Producer Jonathan Finkelstein about assessing learners in online courses, and offered practical ideas for measuring learner progress and gauging understanding online to listen to the podcast, click here
http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com This is another Wiki about online facilitation
Top Tips for Online Facilitation During LearnScope Online this forum and quiz focused on the 'High and Low Lights' of online facilitation. Participants were asked to share their experience of 'Things to do and things to avoid' in online facilitation and were asked to vote in an online poll on 'things which motivate you online'.
What's New in E-Learning Technologies (from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework Site)
10 Tips to Keep Students Safe in a Web 2.0 World
Use Technology to Promote Integrity and Battle Cheating and Plagiarism
So You Want to Teach Online A great article by Micheal Coghlin from TAFE SA on online teaching using WebCT.
Wikiversity - Facilitating Online Course This course is designed to help people to access and interpret models, research, and develop professional expertise in online facilitation. After completing this course people should be confident in facilitating online and/or be able to critique and offer advice to other people in online facilitation. The next facilitated course started 27 July 2009 and runs to 4 December 2009.
Improving the Discussion Board This report contains complete information about the design, offering, and assessment of a new American literature course in order to experiment with improving the discussion board -- including background material, a running narrative, handouts, eight student surveys with responses and commentary, and, especially, annotations of nearly 200 discussion board posts and exchanges. by Edward J. Gallagher
Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Tools As an online complement to their December 2003 Executive Update article,"Beyond the Breakout Room: How Technology Can Help Sustain Community,"Soren Kaplan and Julia Lynn Ashley present a detailed view of some of the synchronous and asynchronous communication tools that associations can use to create a full, rich learning experience and sense of community for their members.
Facilitation Skills in an Online World article by F Harris Copyright © 2004 Harris F. The author assigns to the Knowledge Tree e-journal and educational non-profit institutions a non-exclusive license to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author also grants to the Knowledge Tree e-journal a non-exclusive license to publish this document in electronic or print form within Knowledge Tree e-journal publications and/or the World Wide Web. Any other usage is prohibited without the express permission of the author.
Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy - a really interesting article and best of all - it talks about the students doing most of the work.
Online Classroom Dialogue Using Synchronous and Asynchronous Tools as a Scaffold for Deeper Learning
Full Circle Associates' Online Interaction Tool Tour The Tool Tour is designed to give you a sense of the range of online interaction and collaboration tools available. Different tools are applied for different functions. There are a LOT of tools here. Feel free to skip around as time allows.
Discussion Board Tips and Pedagogy This is a very useful article that contains sample rubrics, ideas for topics, advantages and disadvantages. From the Middle Tennessee State University.
Sample Discussion Board Rubric by Lynnda L Brown
Online Facilitation Wiki This wiki is a resource collection place for Nancy White, Full Circle Associates and an adjunct to the Online Facilitation list on Yahoogroups, founded in August 1999. Consider it a general playground around online facilitation and online community work. When I can, I will do client work here openly that may be useful to others. Consider it a shared resource.
Instant Messaging in On-Site and Online Classes in Higher Education Instant Messaging in On-Site and Online Classes in Higher Education
Learning in Virtual Worlds - Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier with Cynthia Calongne In this Keynote Session, Cynthia Calongne, also known as Lyr Lobo in Second Life, will offer perspectives on the use of virtual worlds for engaging learners. Calongne's software engineering courses at Colorado Technical University include class and projects in Second Life. For thirteen years, she worked as a software engineer in support of Air Force Space Command and on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Her doctoral research specialized in the design of easy-to-use, immersive virtual reality systems. Today, her research includes games and game-based rubrics in education and in virtual worlds.
Learn Central Site created by Elluminate with some good training and resources
Bloom's Taxonomy - Bloom's Digitally by Andrew Churches
Online Discourse - article on discussions in online courses. Authorship must be attributed to Mark Nichols, Laidlaw College, New Zealand.
The Taxonomy for the Technology Domain
Faculty Focus - Free Reports
Handbook on Synchronous E-Learning
The discussion method is one of the most commonly used pedagogical techniques in the online classroom. Discussion is widely used because it can promote several types of thinking-and certain types of thinking especially those characterized as constructivist, are important in education. Proper attention to the design, facilitation, and maintenance of an online instructional discussion is critical to promote students' constructive thinking. Questioning is a significant instructional design element for the promotion of effective discussion. This article describes a theoretical framework for designing questions for starting online discussion and follow-up questions to maintain the discussion. This framework is placed within a broader context of discussion within a constructivist, online environment. Numerous examples of discussion questions which were gathered from experienced online instructors are presented with the goal of preparing students and teachers to participate effectively in online discussions.
http://www.tcpd.org/Thornburg/Handouts.html∞ this site contains some wonderful articles:
- 'Campfires in Cyerspace: Primordial Metaphors for Learning in the 21st Century' which I found fascinating and really relevant
- 'Redefining Teaching in a disintermedated World' redefining what education is today
A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything' was a conference for educators held in May 2008 - though mostly focused towards primary and secondary teachers the information was still relevant to TAFE. One of the presenters will Will Richardson and he has a wiki that he runs his presentation from. There is lots of information, links etc on the wiki, so if you interested, go have a look at Will's Wiki. Will also has a blog which is interesting also worth having a look at -Will's Blog
Stephen D. Brookfield and Jonathan Finkelstein met again for an intriguing conversation about education, and I thought you would enjoy hearing it. Thousands of educators listened to their last podcast on Critical Thinking. This time, Brookfield and Finkelstein explored a new way of looking at leadership that has important implications for how we teach or “lead” our courses, as well as how we teach our students to be leaders. The short podcast will interest anyone looking for ways to improve their facilitation skills and foster more inclusive learning communities — online or offline. The discussion is a pre-cursor to the 7th Annual International Online Conference for Teaching and Learning (IOC2009) to be held March 30-31, 2009, during which Brookfield will address this topic further as part of his online keynote address. The podcast and keynote session are based on a recent book co-authored by Brookfield and Stephen Preskill, entitled "Learning as a Way of Leading: Lessons from the Struggle for Social Justice" (Jossey-Bass, 2008). Brookfield’s session is sponsored by Jossey-Bass. To listen to the podcast click here
Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt recently spoke to LearningTimes Executive Producer Jonathan Finkelstein about assessing learners in online courses, and offered practical ideas for measuring learner progress and gauging understanding online to listen to the podcast, click here
http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com This is another Wiki about online facilitation
Top Tips for Online Facilitation During LearnScope Online this forum and quiz focused on the 'High and Low Lights' of online facilitation. Participants were asked to share their experience of 'Things to do and things to avoid' in online facilitation and were asked to vote in an online poll on 'things which motivate you online'.
What's New in E-Learning Technologies (from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework Site)
10 Tips to Keep Students Safe in a Web 2.0 World
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