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Accessibility in the Online Classroom

Posted: April 17, 2017 | Last Modified: November 5, 2024

The following is our interpretation of accessibility law as it applies to our online courses. We will work with you to explore different options for using the materials … [Read more...]

Copyright and Fair Use in the Online Classroom

Posted: April 10, 2017 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

The following is our interpretation of copyright and fair use as it applies to our online courses. We don't want to limit your use of material or make more work for you; … [Read more...]

How to Improve Performance

Posted: April 3, 2017 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

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...]

Color Blindness and How It Affects Your Learners

Posted: March 27, 2017 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

Color blindness is a condition where someone can not distinguish between certain colors, often between greens and reds, and very rarely, yellows and blues. One common … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Print Multiple Pages Per Sheet

Posted: March 1, 2017 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

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...]

Writing Smart Learning Outcomes

Posted: February 20, 2017 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

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...]

Quick Tip: Composing in Word

Posted: January 30, 2017 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

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...]

Backwards Design

Posted: December 29, 2016 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

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...]

Designing Discussions

Posted: December 22, 2016 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

Online discussions are great. They help students develop community with their fellow learners, they let them explore a topic deeper than they could have by themselves, … [Read more...]