Posted on August 11, 2025August 21, 2025Critical Thinking and Authentic Learning in Online Assessment in an AI Age Join the third session in our series on Thursday, Nov. 6, for an in-depth exploration of authentic assessment—a powerful approach to evaluating student learning in meaningful, real-world contexts. As online learning evolves, authentic assessment and the ethical integration of AI tools are becoming central to fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and personalized learning. Tagsacademic integrityAIassessmentAuthentic Assessmentfacultygenerative AIOnline course designScalable Assessmentstudent engagement Posted on February 5, 2024March 13, 2024Episode 155: High-Quality Online Discussions — Here’s How. In this episode, spring-boarding from one of the chapters in the new SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education, hosts Kelvin and Tom advocate for high-quality online discussions and reflect upon research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9155.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:25 — 21.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsasynchronousCOIcommunity of inquirydenoyellesdesigndiscussionsengagementevaluationFacilitationonlineResearchRubricsSAGEstudent engagementSynchronousWegmann Posted on March 4, 2019February 2, 2022Episode 47: Engaging in Engagement Research for Online Students In this episode Kelvin and Tom are joined by Dr. Tawnya Means and Dr. Meridith Bergeron as they consider the value of engagement, especially for students who have online-only experiences with their institutions through online programs. Means and Bergeron share details about a current research project in which listeners may participate. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-447.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:08 — 36.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsconnectednesscourseengagementgraduate schoolgraduate studentsinstitutionKa’uprogramResearchstudent engagementstudents Posted on April 25, 2018April 11, 2025Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class In today’s virtual classroom, we have almost unlimited potential to do things we could never do in a conventional class. We don’t have to content ourselves with just assigning a textbook to be read. Gone are the days when we must do our best to present university-level lectures in a face-to-face setting, notwithstanding rampant absenteeism, … Continue reading “Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class” Tagshigher-level thinkingstudent engagementtextbooksvideovirtual classroom
Posted on February 5, 2024March 13, 2024Episode 155: High-Quality Online Discussions — Here’s How. In this episode, spring-boarding from one of the chapters in the new SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education, hosts Kelvin and Tom advocate for high-quality online discussions and reflect upon research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9155.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:25 — 21.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsasynchronousCOIcommunity of inquirydenoyellesdesigndiscussionsengagementevaluationFacilitationonlineResearchRubricsSAGEstudent engagementSynchronousWegmann Posted on March 4, 2019February 2, 2022Episode 47: Engaging in Engagement Research for Online Students In this episode Kelvin and Tom are joined by Dr. Tawnya Means and Dr. Meridith Bergeron as they consider the value of engagement, especially for students who have online-only experiences with their institutions through online programs. Means and Bergeron share details about a current research project in which listeners may participate. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-447.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:08 — 36.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsconnectednesscourseengagementgraduate schoolgraduate studentsinstitutionKa’uprogramResearchstudent engagementstudents Posted on April 25, 2018April 11, 2025Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class In today’s virtual classroom, we have almost unlimited potential to do things we could never do in a conventional class. We don’t have to content ourselves with just assigning a textbook to be read. Gone are the days when we must do our best to present university-level lectures in a face-to-face setting, notwithstanding rampant absenteeism, … Continue reading “Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class” Tagshigher-level thinkingstudent engagementtextbooksvideovirtual classroom
Posted on March 4, 2019February 2, 2022Episode 47: Engaging in Engagement Research for Online Students In this episode Kelvin and Tom are joined by Dr. Tawnya Means and Dr. Meridith Bergeron as they consider the value of engagement, especially for students who have online-only experiences with their institutions through online programs. Means and Bergeron share details about a current research project in which listeners may participate. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-447.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:08 — 36.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsconnectednesscourseengagementgraduate schoolgraduate studentsinstitutionKa’uprogramResearchstudent engagementstudents Posted on April 25, 2018April 11, 2025Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class In today’s virtual classroom, we have almost unlimited potential to do things we could never do in a conventional class. We don’t have to content ourselves with just assigning a textbook to be read. Gone are the days when we must do our best to present university-level lectures in a face-to-face setting, notwithstanding rampant absenteeism, … Continue reading “Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class” Tagshigher-level thinkingstudent engagementtextbooksvideovirtual classroom
Posted on April 25, 2018April 11, 2025Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class In today’s virtual classroom, we have almost unlimited potential to do things we could never do in a conventional class. We don’t have to content ourselves with just assigning a textbook to be read. Gone are the days when we must do our best to present university-level lectures in a face-to-face setting, notwithstanding rampant absenteeism, … Continue reading “Creating a Video Textbook: Things We Could Never Do in Class” Tagshigher-level thinkingstudent engagementtextbooksvideovirtual classroom