Category Archives: Teaching

IRRODL Special Issue on Open Education

The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning just released a special issue, focusing on open education and open access. There are several articles in the issue that are well worth reading, giving a strong background into the … Continue reading

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Peer mentoring: Strengthening student learning

Bryanne Young has written a tip sheet on curricular peer mentoring, a program that “enables students to work together to delve deeper and more analytically into course content”. Peer mentors are not TAs, but students who can help guide their … Continue reading

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Some guidelines for implementing active learning strategies

After sitting through a couple of workshops that used active learning strategies with varying success, I drafted the following guidelines for facilitators. Feel free to add your own to this list: Icebreaker activities are a great way to build community … Continue reading

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Teach large classes

Large enrollment classes have always been a challenge for instructors who try to implement active teaching and learning strategies and activities. Lectures, often contrasted to active learning, appear to dominate large size classrooms today. From the conversations that I had … Continue reading

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skills for community designers

One of the designers behind the Drupal.org – the community that develops and uses the Drupal content management system software – recently published some excellent tips for effective community designers. A good teacher is a community designer. Read the post … Continue reading

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Rubrics for online activities

When integrating online activities into a course, it’s important to clarify what is expected from all participants. How do the instructors define “participating”? What exactly is expected from students? From instructors? How will everyone know if they are participating at … Continue reading

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