Building a Culture of Academic Integrity
Academic dishonesty can come in a variety of forms. From roving eyes during exams to buying papers off the Internet to any number of other
Mary Bart
March 9, 2009
Articles
Helping Online Students Become Self-Directed, Engaged Learners
Online course design is crucial to student success. It should reflect the intended learning outcomes and provide enough guidance for students to easily navigate the
Rob Kelly
March 6, 2009
Usability Issues That Impact Online Learning
Despite the benefits of online education, there are inevitable frustrations as well. The tools online learners need to use take time to master and don’t
Patti Shank PhD CPT
March 5, 2009
The ECHO Model of Experiential Learning
As educators we hear and heed Peter McLaren’s warning, “You can’t teach people anything … You have to create a context in which they can analyze themselves and their social formations and lives.” 1 We believe the creation of this context must be our aim as educators, and this context must be balanced between theory and practice. In our pursuit to strike this balance, we believe that experiential education has the potential to assist our fellow educators in transforming their pedagogical practices to more deeply engage their students and improve learning outcomes.
Jim La Prad and Andy Mink
March 4, 2009
Learn How to Recognize Red-Flag Behaviors on Campus
A new online course designed to help higher education faculty and staff recognize and mitigate disruptive and potentially dangerous student behavior is now available from
Mary Bart
March 3, 2009
Four Ways to Improve Online Discussion Forums
Rebecca Arbisi, chair of the business department at State Fair Community College in Missouri, offers the following tips for improving the quality of threaded discussions:
Rob Kelly
March 3, 2009
Tips for Marketing Your Online Education Program on a Budget
One of the key strengths of a distance education program also can be a weakness. While web-based learning increases dramatically the pool of potential students that you can target, the number of competitors vying for those same students increases as well.
Mary Bart
March 2, 2009
Using Video Clips to Stimulate Discussion in Online Courses
If you’re looking to improve threaded discussions in your online courses, consider using brief video clips as discussion prompts. When carefully selected and integrated into a course, these clips can lead students to higher-order thinking and appeal to auditory and visual learning styles.
Rob Kelly
February 27, 2009
Seven Ways to Improve Student Satisfaction in Online Courses
Preparing students for the online learning experience and managing expectations are critical to student satisfaction, says Marie Gould, assistant professor and program manager of Business
Rob Kelly
February 26, 2009
How to Make Course Evaluations More Valuable
The major benefit any conscientious professor seeks in course evaluations is in gaining useful student feedback. Yet most rating instruments generate vague, unjustified student comments.
Robert T. Brill PhD.
February 25, 2009
