Today I facilitated a faculty development workshop at Aurora University, sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the IT Department. I always enjoy sessions like this, particularly with the ability to focus our discussions squarely on technology in support of teaching and learning. The session was titled “Emerging Trends in Educational Technology […]
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Why All Faculty Members Should Blog
So much to blog, so little time. There have been a few interesting responses to the “Sisyphus Taught Videography” post. For example, in a comment on that post, MIDizen X observes that students can be the producers of the media:
Sisyphus Taught Videography
One of these days I’m going to have to figure out how to tweak my blog’s CSS so that I can get my SUNY-specific blogroll section up. In the meantime, I’m going to keep pointing to SUNY bloggers from time to time. Today’s entry is from Alex Reid at SUNY Cortland, in which he reflects […]
Experience as a Distance Learning Teacher Makes You a Better Classroom Teacher
According to a faculty satisfaction study [DOC] conducted by SLN, a whopping 85% of their faculty reported that their experience as online teachers “will have a positive effect on their classroom instruction.” Here is their explanation for their findings:
Outstanding (and Practical) Learning Styles Research Paper
This piece [PDF] from the Learning Research Centre is one of the finest educational research articles I have read in a long time. To begin with, their literature review of the research to-date is superb. They break down each major theoretical school with its strengths and weaknesses, as well as weaknesses in research and methodology. […]
Two Thirds of Faculty for Online Courses Receive No Pedagogy Training
According to this survey, a lot of universities still don’t get that teaching online involves more than knowing which buttons to click. Right now the administrations probably don’t have to care; the demand for distance learning (even weak distance learning) outstrips the supply. But that won’t last forever, and when the market tightens up, universities […]
Preparing Professors for Online Teaching: How Long Does It Take?
I recently had some conversations with a small university that is starting up a new distance learning program. The university president is convinced that the two-hour intro course provided by eCollege would be enough for professors to get up to speed on designing and teaching online. This sounded pretty far out-of-whack to me, so I […]