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The Value of Group Work
Although most educators now recognize that the instructional paradigm has transitioned from an instructor-centered model featuring lecture as the primary means of delivering content, to a more...
View ArticleTech Literacy
While being an expert in your content area is an important requirement for teaching online, an equally important qualification is tech literacy. In the online environment, technology is the critical...
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Video Conferencing for Synchronous Sessions – Food for Thought
“Synchronous video interaction can make learning more personal by providing a close approximation of the human, one-on-one experience…” (Educause, 2013) One of the most exciting aspects of video...
View ArticleAssessments with Rubrics
Assessing students’ work is a common activity in the life of any instructor, and depending on the number of students and type of assignment, can be a long and tedious process. Even after sharing grades...
View ArticleVideos in the Classroom: Is That Really Active Learning?
This is the second article in a series on Active Learning. Click here to read an earlier TeachOnline blog post on how active learning promotes student success. Videos are considered an especially...
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From the Trenches – An ASU Online Student Perspective
Kenzie Horn, ASU Online student. Full disclosure: my daughter is an ASU Online freshman – she has 25 credits under her belt as of now. She has taken required courses and electives and thus far she is...
View ArticleFirst Impressions
Jill Schiefelbein has been an instructor in the Hugh Downs School of Communication at Arizona State University since 2004 Online learning can be a solitary experience. Students can feel somewhat...
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Setting the Stage for Meaningful Peer-to-Peer Feedback
Although many instructors integrate group-based or team-based learning activities into their teaching (see TeachOnline post on The Value of Group Work), getting students to actually provide meaningful...
View ArticleTips for Online Student Success
In the short video below (2:22) tips from actual ASU Online students are illustrated in a fun and informative animation. It’s a great video to place in the introductory area of your course to reinforce...
View ArticleIt’s the Middle of the Semester… So, What Do My Students Really Think?
“Wait, are we already that far into the semester? There is so much left to do in so little time!” If this is a constant thought on your mind, or an all-familiar expression in recent conversations with...
View ArticleThe Voices of Online Learning
In these Pearson produced videos, instructors Meredith Carpenter, Steve Lurenz, and Tom Stoudt discuss how they flip, create community, and change lives in their respective classrooms. Specifically,...
View ArticleSample Syllabus Quiz Questions
A syllabus quiz acts as a contract to verify understanding of important elements of the syllabus. The purpose of a syllabus quiz is not only to familiarize students with the syllabus content, but also...
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Extra Credit Quandaries
Should an instructor offer extra credit? There are many opinions regarding extra credit. Some education professionals hold the notion that giving extra credit is unfair and inflates grades. Others...
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To Get the Right Answer, You Have to Ask the Right Question
We want our students to develop those higher order thinking skills that are so crucial to developing those much talked about 21st Century Skills including the ability to think critically, synthesize,...
View ArticleMaking Online Classroom Discussion More Dynamic and Engaging
Generating discussion in the online classroom can often be a difficult process, especially for those used to facilitating in a more traditional manner. Many learning platforms offer limited...
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The ASU Instructional Designer: Building Effective Relationships
This post further breaks down some of the activities of Instructional Designers mentioned in the previous TeachOnline post, Introducing the ASU Instructional Designer, and discusses the importance of...
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Faculty Videos and Games: Enhancing Student Engagement and Performance
Does increasing the amount of time students spend viewing faculty research videos and playing course specific games positively impact course grades? Yes, it does, in both online and face-to-face...
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Third-Party Tools Used in ASU Online Courses
Over 100 third-party tools and services are used by faculty and students in ASU Online courses. With the 50+ companies indicated here in bold, ASU Online has established a connection with a vendor...
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How to Create a Successful Online Course – Without Muppets
As it turns out, you don’t need Muppets to teach a good online course. I worried about this a few months ago as I began to prepare for my Arizona State University Online ”Media Research Methods” class....
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5 Things Successful Instructors Do When the Semester is Over
With finals week coming to an end and grading about to be completed, it is only natural to make a mad dash for the door and enjoy a well-deserved break… There is no question that we all need a break to...
View ArticleAre my students really getting it? CATs will show you the way.
In a previous post (see Gauging Student Understanding: CATs are puuuuur-fect), we introduced instructors to the idea of using Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) by Angelo and Cross (1983) to check...
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How Important Is Instructor Presence in an Online Course?
Creating an Educational Experience The ability to establish presence is closely connected to the ability of the instructor to create a sense of community among learners in an online course. (Palloff...
View ArticleThe CATs in a Hat: Fostering Higher Order Thinking
This is the third article in our series on Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) which can be used to gauge lesson effectiveness and student comprehension. To review, CATs were developed by Angelo and...
View Article9 Proven Ways for Instructors to Address Online Student Retention
With accessibility to online education increasing, the retention of online students has become a concern of academic leaders in higher education (Allen & Seaman, 2015). As a result, many...
View ArticleHow Are Professors Embracing Social Media?
Professors utilize social media in four critical ways: to connect, to notify, to teach, and to curate. At the University of Delaware, Professor Christine Cucciarre uses Twitter for a class assignment...
View ArticleUsing Mini-Games in the Classroom
Professor Marilyn Dantico talks about her experiences incorporating games in her required upper division research methods course. Hesitant at first, she included word search, jeopardy, scatter, and...
View ArticleQuestions to Consider As You Prepare to Teach Your First Hybrid Course
A hybrid course is much more than just an online course with a face-to-face class session thrown in for good measure. It involves asking, “What is the best way for students to interact with course...
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Design Thinking for Educators
Design Thinking Can Make You a Better Teacher! Getting Started Design Thinking is a mindset grounded in believing that you can make a difference and using an intentional process in order to get to new,...
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The e-Portfolio Revolution
What is an e-Portfolio? According to the e-Portfolio project at Regis University, “A portfolio is a collection of work developed across varied contexts over time. The portfolio can advance learning by...
View ArticleStudent Success with Video Chats on Google+ Hangouts
Christina Carrasquilla, a lecturer for ASU’s Graphic Information Technology Program, presents the hows and whys of using Google+ Hangouts in her courses. She discusses how video chats enhance student...
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