Category Archives: Teaching & Learning Online

Livening Your Online Course with RSS

Brian Lamb and I did a Horizon Wimba Desktop Lecture Series session yesterday called “Livening your Online Course with RSS”. I kind of wish we’d named it “Livening your online (course) environment with RSS” – be a little more fitting, … Continue reading

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Annie (UK Project)

This is probably old hat for many people.. but I just ran across the Accessing and Networking with National and International Expertise (ANNIE) project. The description from the Higher Education Academy site is as follows: “The project aims to enhance … Continue reading

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Online Tutoring

Online Tutoring for Students. Establishing Online Tutoring for Students , Mary Hricko, Library Director , Kent State University Geauga Campus

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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal

We have a new institute for the scholarship of teaching and learning here at UBC (see http://www.tag.ubc.ca/about/institute/ISoTL.php). I saw a link to MountainRise, an electronic journal designed to publish this type of research on the EduResources Weblog–Higher Education Resources Online … Continue reading

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Peer Review Tools Bibliography

Working my way through a number of “draft” items in my weblog. I found an article (about a year ago) that outlines the charactersitics of peer review software. This report is included in the University of Michigan’s University Library Scholarly … Continue reading

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TLT Series – Laura Sederberg & Rubric for Online Instruction

We had our first Teaching and Learning with Technology Seminar for 2005 yesterday. Laura Sederberg, the Manager of the Technology and Learning Program at Cal State Chico talked with us about the subject, “Evaluating Online Instruction”, where she outlined the … Continue reading

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Discussions Planning

Planning discussions has always been challenging… and adding the online element has really required a re-think of goals, strategies, approaches… I, like many of my colleagues, really have to rethink how I encourage and use Discussions in the online environment. … Continue reading

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Instant Messaging article – Robert Farmer

Recieved this via Campus Technology’s IT Trends newsletter: Instant Messaging -Collaborative Tool or Educator’s nightmare! As they indicate: “This well-researched white paper by Robert Farmer, posted on the University of New Brunswick Web site, examines the pros and cons.” If … Continue reading

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Been a while..

I’ve been pretty absorbed over the last few months with teaching a Geology course (thus the Rock Blog) fully online for the first time ever… the Online Freakout Party Zone** has languished… Teaching certainly is not over yet… I’m still … Continue reading

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Bloom’s Taxonomy Handout

Learning Skills Program – Bloom’s Taxonomy – Good handout from UVic on Bloom’s taxonomy.

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