Posted on July 20, 2020August 3, 2020Episode 70: Student Access to Digital Materials During COVID and BeyondIn this episode, guest Cheryl Costantini from Cengage joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to speak about the importance of providing students with affordable access to digital course materials. This has proven especially critical during the COVID-19 era. Tagsaccessaffordabilitycengagecorporatecostantinicourse materialscoviddigital materialsfirst day accessinclusive accesspartnerstudentsSurveytextbooksvendorPosted on July 6, 2020August 3, 2020Episode 69: Field Report #4: How Are We Doing? Hearing Everyone’s Voices Through DataTom and Kelvin talk through giving voice to and gathering data from all faculty and student constituents to evaluate effectiveness of remote instruction. This episode is the fourth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. TagsCome Togethercontagioncoronacoronaviruscovid-19datafacultyfield reportFrench roastinstructional designleadershipremote instructionremote teachingstudentsSurveyvirusvoicesPosted on April 2, 2018April 17, 2018Episode 36: Finding Online Learning Leaders: “Fredericksen’s List”What do we know about online learning leaders? Hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by Dr. Eric Fredericksen who is now the “keeper of the list” of 1500+ disparate online learning leaders of US higher education institutions after conducting two recent research studies into their roles, preparation, and priorities. Tagsdatafredericksenleadershiponline learning leaderResearchSurveyPosted on September 29, 2015July 27, 2018Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student VoiceSeminar Date: November 4, 2015 at 1:00 pmAbstractOnline discussions are extensively used in online and mixed-mode courses. However, a common concern is that students will minimally participate in order to fulfill the grading requirements, and not truly engage with the content, instructor, or peers. In this session, we will share strategies to create and sustain online …Continue reading “Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student Voice” TagsCritical thinkingFacilitationonline discussionsPhotovoiceRubricsSurveyWord clouds
Posted on July 6, 2020August 3, 2020Episode 69: Field Report #4: How Are We Doing? Hearing Everyone’s Voices Through DataTom and Kelvin talk through giving voice to and gathering data from all faculty and student constituents to evaluate effectiveness of remote instruction. This episode is the fourth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. TagsCome Togethercontagioncoronacoronaviruscovid-19datafacultyfield reportFrench roastinstructional designleadershipremote instructionremote teachingstudentsSurveyvirusvoicesPosted on April 2, 2018April 17, 2018Episode 36: Finding Online Learning Leaders: “Fredericksen’s List”What do we know about online learning leaders? Hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by Dr. Eric Fredericksen who is now the “keeper of the list” of 1500+ disparate online learning leaders of US higher education institutions after conducting two recent research studies into their roles, preparation, and priorities. Tagsdatafredericksenleadershiponline learning leaderResearchSurveyPosted on September 29, 2015July 27, 2018Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student VoiceSeminar Date: November 4, 2015 at 1:00 pmAbstractOnline discussions are extensively used in online and mixed-mode courses. However, a common concern is that students will minimally participate in order to fulfill the grading requirements, and not truly engage with the content, instructor, or peers. In this session, we will share strategies to create and sustain online …Continue reading “Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student Voice” TagsCritical thinkingFacilitationonline discussionsPhotovoiceRubricsSurveyWord clouds
Posted on April 2, 2018April 17, 2018Episode 36: Finding Online Learning Leaders: “Fredericksen’s List”What do we know about online learning leaders? Hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by Dr. Eric Fredericksen who is now the “keeper of the list” of 1500+ disparate online learning leaders of US higher education institutions after conducting two recent research studies into their roles, preparation, and priorities. Tagsdatafredericksenleadershiponline learning leaderResearchSurveyPosted on September 29, 2015July 27, 2018Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student VoiceSeminar Date: November 4, 2015 at 1:00 pmAbstractOnline discussions are extensively used in online and mixed-mode courses. However, a common concern is that students will minimally participate in order to fulfill the grading requirements, and not truly engage with the content, instructor, or peers. In this session, we will share strategies to create and sustain online …Continue reading “Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student Voice” TagsCritical thinkingFacilitationonline discussionsPhotovoiceRubricsSurveyWord clouds
Posted on September 29, 2015July 27, 2018Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student VoiceSeminar Date: November 4, 2015 at 1:00 pmAbstractOnline discussions are extensively used in online and mixed-mode courses. However, a common concern is that students will minimally participate in order to fulfill the grading requirements, and not truly engage with the content, instructor, or peers. In this session, we will share strategies to create and sustain online …Continue reading “Creating and Sustaining Effective Online Discussions: Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Student Voice” TagsCritical thinkingFacilitationonline discussionsPhotovoiceRubricsSurveyWord clouds