Here some tips, tricks, and tutorials to help you with your online learning development.
Online Learning
- Educause Library – Online Learning
- Educause Library – Distance Education
- Educause – 8 Lessons Learned from Teaching Online
- How administrators can enhance online learning programs
- Online Ed Skepticism and Self-Sufficiency: Survey of Faculty Views on Technology
- Quality on the Line: Benchmarks for success in Internet-based distance education (PDF)
- An absolutely riveting online course: Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching
- Three Myths about Hybrid and Online College Courses
- An Introduction to Online Teaching (PDF)
Assessment
Course Design
- Learning Online is not a Spectator Sport: How to Make it Active
- TravelinEdMan – YouTube
- Online Course Design: Course Planning
- How [not] to Design an Online Course
- Traveling Ed Man Video Playlist
- Best Practices for Teaching Online (PDF)
- Essential Resources for Educators of Online and Blended Courses
Group Work
Online Discussions
- Down-and-dirty Guidelines for Effective Discussions in Online Courses (PDF)
- Protocols for Online Discussions (PDF)
Recommended Reading
- Book – Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda
- Book – The Theory and Practice of Online Learning, second edition
- Book – Emerging Technologies in Distance Education
- The CU Online Handbook
Student Support
- Online Learning Doesn’t Have to Be Isolating: Exploring the Mentoring Model
- 10 Ways To Help Your Online Students Feel at Home With Your Institution
Teaching Ideas
- Mid-Semester Evaluations
- Expanding Your Online Pedagogy Toolkit
- 36 Interesting Ways to Use Audio in your Classroom
- 55 Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom
- 13 Ways to Learn in 2013
- Motivate and Engage Online Learners All Semester Long
- Prezi Course Overview Example for ENGL 250
- Example of Curtis Bonk Course using Open Educational Resources
- Teaching Without Walls: Life Beyond the Lecture
Teaching Online
- Tips for teaching online
- Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online: Quick Guide for New Online faculty
- Best Practices in Undergraduate Adult-Centered Online Learning: Mechanisms for Course Design and Delivery
- 834 Tips for Successful Online Instruction
- 7 Strategies to Make Your Online Teaching Better
- Blackboard TV
- 25 Tips For Successful Online Course Facilitation
- 11 Strategies for Managing Your Online Courses (PDF)
- Best Practices in Online Teaching
- Educause collection of online teaching strategies
Tools
- Directory of Learning & Performance Tools
- Teaching with Technology – Tools
- Hot Potatoes Quizzing Tools
Using Audio
- Using Asynchronous Audio Communication (AAC) in the Online Classroom: A Comparative Study
- 8 Tips To Prepare Audio Scripts For Recording
- Tips & Tricks for Recording Audio Narration
Using video
- How to Make an Interactive Lesson Using Youtube
- Teach with Video Blog
- The Return Of Video To eLearning
- TED-Ed Videos