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Tips and Strategies for Successful Group Work

Planning an assignment or project to be completed by a group of students can raise lots of questions and concerns for an instructor: How should...

Student Blogging Assignments

Workshop Links When we think of blogs, memories of early internet diaries may come to mind. However, the evolution of this writing genre has given...

Using Intelliboard Data to Improve Student Success

Overview Intelliboard is a powerful data visualization tool that gives you user-friendly reports about Moodle data. Intelliboard takes information about your online courses from Moodle...

Cognitive Load Essentials for Effective Instructional Videos

An effective instructional video effectively communicates information and knowledge to its audience in a clear and engaging manner. There are several key elements that can...

Mid-Semester Check-Ins

What are mid-semester check-ins? Mid-semester is a great time to check in with your students in order to make any adjustments or course corrections based...

Humanizing Your Online Course

Workshop Links “Human connection is the antidote for the emotional disruption that prevents many students from performing to their full potential and in online courses,...

Digital Whiteboards for Teaching and Learning

Whiteboarding is a well-established active learning practice used in many classrooms. Students and instructors can use in-classroom whiteboards to brainstorm, create connections between ideas, draw...

Engagement in Synchronous and Asynchronous Environments

Students must engage in their courses in order to learn. But what, exactly, do we mean by “student engagement?” And what teaching practices and strategies...

Helping Students Get Started in an Online Class

First impressions make a big difference in the online classroom. How can you ensure that your online learners feel welcome in the class and that...

Leveraging Zoom Tools to Facilitate Engagement

How can you promote active learning and help keep your students engaged during your course meeting in Zoom? What tools are available? How do you...

Real-time Assessments and Check-ins

Workshop Links If there are no workshops available, you may request an instructional consultation about this topic. Great teachers understand that learning is a conversation,...

Providing Effective Feedback

Instructor and peer feedback have a profound effect on the quality of student learning. When teaching online, it is important to foster both learner-instructor interaction...

Netiquette—Or Best Practices for Interacting Online

Netiquette is the term used to describe the special set of rules for online communication. Because students in the online learning environment are unable to...

Discussion Forum Best Practices

Discussion Forums can play a key role in online learning. When used effectively, they can provide many learning benefits including: enhanced critical thinking, more thoughtful...