How can the design principles used to develop creative and engaging games be leveraged to guide our decisions in building effective online courses? The term “gCome explore the exciting topic of gamification in our DESIGNING GAMIFIED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS workshop!amification” has Read More >
Archives - May, 2015
We love graduations. Whether we are watching a preschool celebration in a crowded auditorium, caps being thrown in the air on a high school football field, or the ceremonial hooding of a doctoral graduate on a stage….Pomp and Circumstance brings Read More >
As the world becomes increasingly digitalized, the price of content generally falls back to earth. Just think about it: Since album sales hit their peak in 2002, revenue for the music industry has consistently declined. Last August, the lowest documented Read More >
When I first started using rubrics, I was a technical trainer for a large telecommunications company and the reason for using them was simple. It was a way to assure trainees could perform the required skills. It was important to Read More >
We hear about alignment in many areas of our lives. Our bodies. Our tires. The stars. But what about our courses? Is your course in alignment? I started teaching as an adjunct with a canned course. I played no role Read More >
What is discussion-based teaching, and how does it differ from other forms of teaching? Discussion-based teaching is an instructional approach that prioritizes learner acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes through discourse rather than passive approaches that focus on lecture, reading, Read More >
It’s often been said that in eLearning, you have 8 seconds to engage your learners or else they are moving on to the next thing. In the time that it took to read that last statement, I know that I Read More >
One of the most jarring transitions for faculty is often the move from the face-to-face to the online classroom. In that moment, faculty must transfer their wealth of expertise in lecture-based teaching approaches to more facilitative instruction. This is often Read More >
We tell our students they should be spending so much time on preparing, discussing, and doing their assignments based on the Federal Definition of the work needed for a course credit but what do we tell the faculty? The first Read More >
Adult learning is an important topic for anyone engaged in the delivery of online higher education. Adults have unique learning needs and to be effective, instructors must take these needs into consideration. Adult learners have incredible resilience, zeal, and incentive Read More >