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04/07/2014;03:41 PM Anonymous |
| Can Online Teaching Improve Face to Face Instruction? |
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"In general, online courses require greater planning, more extensive resources, more formalized communication, and more detailed organization than do face to face courses. But, the work that goes into creating an online course, and the insights forthcoming from comparison of online and face to face versions of the course, can make the face to face course better in many ways."
Tomorrow's Professor Msg.#1321 Can Online Teaching Improve Face to Face Instruction?
Read the article here...
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12/13/2013;03:13 PM Anonymous |
| Institute update and infrastructure support |
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At
the Institute meeting on Tuesday, December 10, we provided an update on recent
strategic planning efforts regarding online/multimedia-enhanced education at
Rose-Hulman. We’ve formed a Rose-Hulman
Online strategy team of faculty members, administrators, and technical staff to
build a strong support infrastructure for teaching online courses (seminars,
workshops, etc.), hybrid or “flipped” classes, and creating/using multimedia
learning tools in face-to-face classes.
We’ve also identified a set of goals to be achieved by the end of June,
2014. We’ve created a visual dashboard
of our progress on these goals, which we’ll update periodically and post
publicly via this blog. The dashboard is
viewable/downloadable here:
At
the Institute meeting we didn’t have time to go into details about all of the
issues that the strategy team is working on, but we’re basing our work largely
on the outline suggested in “Infrastructure and Administrative Support for
Online Programs,” by John Mayer and Amanda Barefield, Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 13(3), Fall
2010. We’ve added a few things to the
issues listed by these authors (examples include policies/practices regarding
cyberbullying, teaching students in countries where internet access is
controlled, merging good practices with our academic calendar). However, we haven’t taken anything identified
by these authors off of our list of ‘things to consider!’
If
you’d like to learn more about the issues we are tackling, the original article
we’re working from is available in pdf form, downloadable at:
The
article is also viewable in a web browser at:
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11/27/2013;01:34 PM Anonymous |
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Faculty
Online Readiness Tool, developed and hosted by Penn State
University
Thinking about teaching online? Take a few minutes and use the online tool
linked at the end of this post! This
tool allows you to self-assess readiness to teach online by asking you to
reflect on your skills in three categories:
Technical Competencies, Administrative Competencies, and Pedagogical
Competencies. Enter your name and email
address on the first page to begin using the tool.
Items within the first category will appear on the
left; click one box in each row that best describes your experience level with
that particular item. When all of the
items for the first category are finished, click on the next long box below to
open the next category. When you are
finished with all of the items in each category, click “Finished”.
The tool will display your results on the screen,
and you can scroll through them to briefly review – however, the type is small
and the recommended online resources are not hyperlinked on these screens. Fortunately, the tool will email you the same
summary, in a readable font size and with hyperlinked resources! The emailed, hyperlinked results are a
valuable resource, for either individuals seeking to build their skills or
people with extensive online teaching experience, seeking a brief refresher of
best practices.
https://weblearning.psu.edu/FacultySelfAssessment/# |
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11/19/2013;09:40 AM Anonymous |
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What changes are we likely to see in the near future of technology and learning in higher education? Click through this link to view an excerpt from 'Lessons from the Virtual Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching,' by Rena M. Palloff & Keith Pratt, eds. Second Edition, via the 'Tomorrow's Professor' eNewsletter. A sample: "Because the most effective way to achieve learning outcomes in the online classroom is by using active learning techniques, students are encouraged to become empowered learners. Today's technologies promote the ability of learners to significantly contribute to and co-create their learning experiences. More fully engaged, active learners are likely to bring new demands to the learning situation and will not be able to return to business as usual in subsequent learning situations, face-to-face or online." |
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11/11/2013;10:28 AM Anonymous |
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On
Tuesday, November 5, personnel from the Library, Continuing & Professional
Studies, and the Learning & Technology group viewed a webinar on copyright
law. The webinar was given by Joseph
Storch, Associate Counsel of the State University of New York, and offered
through PaperClip Communications. Storch
summarized the “Fair Use” conditions
under which copyrighted materials can be used without violating copyright
law. When determining whether material
could be used fairly, one should consider:
1. The purpose of the use – it should be for
education (commercial or nonprofit),
2. The nature of the copyrighted work – the more
creative the work is, the greater degree of protection it enjoys,
3. The amount and substantiality of the work –
the more of the work that is used, the greater the degree of protection,
4. The effect upon the potential market for the
work – the more of a potential negative effect on the market, the greater the
degree of protection.
Read more »
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10/30/2013;03:34 PM Anonymous |
 If you have recently updated your Mac to the latest operating system OS X 10.9 Mavericks, please take a moment to ensure you can continue to create great videos with Camtasia for Mac by downloading our free update. Read more » |
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10/29/2013;02:56 PM Anonymous |
| Rose-Hulman Sloan-C Institute Membership |
 Rose-Hulman is now an Institutional member of the Sloan Consortium, a well-respected international group dedicated to quality online education. With this membership, any Rose-Hulman faculty or staff member can create a free account affiliated with Rose-Hulman at the Sloan-C website, and get access to research and publications, practitioner documents, the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, free webinars, discounts on conference attendance and more. Read more » |
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10/23/2013;11:18 AM Anonymous |
| Apple’s iPad Air: The World’s ‘Thinnest, Lightest’ Tablet |
iPad Air available November 1st.
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10/09/2013;04:45 PM Anonymous |
| Microsoft Surface 2 debut: Pricing, specs, and other info |
 Microsoft is readying its next-generation Surface tablets and peripherals for launch on September 23. Here's what we know (and think we know) about what to expect. Read More: Microsoft Surface 2 |
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10/09/2013;04:32 PM Anonymous |
| Humanizing Your Online Class |
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10/09/2013;04:22 PM Anonymous |
| Google and edX Create a MOOC Site for the Rest of Us |
 Until now, massive open online courses have mostly reinforced existing hierarchies in higher education. MOOC providers have recruited elite institutions and offered them and their professors the opportunity to broadcast their courses to the world. Continue reading: Google and edX Create a MOOC Site |
