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How to Improve Performance

April 3, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

In this TED Talk, Eduardo Briceño talks about how people improve their performance of a task--and the answer is not to perform that task more often. The answer lies in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Assessment, Feedback, Grades, Instructor

Quick Tip: Print Multiple Pages Per Sheet

March 1, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Many students and faculty want to know how to save paper when printing materials for offline viewing. For PDFs viewed with Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, this can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Instructor, Quick Tips, Student

Writing Smart Learning Outcomes

February 20, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

All of our courses start with learning outcomes—short statements identifying what the student will be able to do after the course or the lesson. Learning outcomes are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Instructor, Learning Objectives

Quick Tip: The Dog Ate My Quiz

February 16, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

All the studying in the world won't help a student if they have poor Internet connectivity when taking a quiz. Unfortunately, sometimes it does happen that a student … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Quick Tips, Quizzes, Student

Quick Tip: Composing in Word

January 30, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

It is often a good idea to compose discussion posts in Word and then copy/paste them to the online discussion. Not every post, of course, but, let’s say you’ve spent a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Discussion, Instructor, Quick Tips, Student

Determining Credit Hours in an Online Course

January 22, 2017 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

In a face-to-face course, credit hours are generally based on the hours per week the students spend in the classroom or lab, or "contact hours" with the students. A … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Instructor

Backwards Design

December 29, 2016 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, the authors of Understanding by Design describe their instructional design technique as backwards, and it has come to be one of the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Instructor

Ensuring Academic Honesty in the Online Classroom

December 1, 2016 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

What is cheating? I'm sure we'd all agree that copying answers from someone else's exam is cheating. But what about discussing the options and then answering? Is that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Fundamentals, Instructor, Quizzes, Social Presence, Turnitin, Written Assignments

The Course Wrap Up

November 20, 2016 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

You’ve spent weeks teaching a course, and the final week is here. You figure your students are busy preparing for their final project or exam, and the last thing they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching Tagged With: Announcements, Fundamentals, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Social Presence

Elements of Meaningful Feedback

November 12, 2016 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

One of the most important learner-instructor interactions occurs when instructors leave feedback. Think of online students as plants. Plants need light and water to grow. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Standards, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Announcements, Feedback, Fundamentals, Grades, Instructor, Multimedia, Rubrics

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Through the partnerships we form with our instructors, we develop engaging and interactive online courses. Here you’ll find ideas on course design informed by the latest research and teaching strategies that build community and instructor presence. We’ll also we share our experiences with technology, with Canvas, and with administering our online educational programs.

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