Category: teaching
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AI and Course Development
Here are resources from my presentation today at “AI at MTSU”. Handy links to read/visit More Useful Things: AI Resources from Ethan Mollick 10 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Instructional Design | EDUCAUSE Review AI for Course Design | Coursera a free Coursera course. Augmented Course Design: Using AI to Boost Efficiency and Expand Capacity…
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Regular and Substantive Interaction in Online Courses and Programs
It was great to get to present with my friend Tony Pina about regular and substantive interaction, and how important it is for online leaders to understand. We presented this at the 2023 Distance Learning Administrator conference. Regular and Substantive Interaction Resources Here are our slides from the presentation today. “Regular and Substantive Interaction is…
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Resources About HyFlex Course Design
This model is in the news lately related to teaching during the pandemic. Some resources I collected: “HyFlex is a course design model that presents the components of hybrid learning (which combines face-to-face with online learning) in a flexible course structure that gives students the option of attending sessions in the classroom, participating online, or…
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University of Memphis New Faculty Orientation — online teaching tips
I was pleased to be part of a panel on effective teaching this morning for our new faculty at the University of Memphis. Here are the notes from what I shared this morning. There is so much to learn about effective online teaching, and this is just a brief list of some practical tips for instructors…
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IDT Consulting and Project Management Course Resources — IDT 7078
I really enjoyed teaching a new course this past summer, called IDT 7078 Seminar in IDT — Consulting and Project Management. The students produced some really interesting and useful projects, and you can see them all here. Essentially these are compiled resources around a topic area. IDT 7078 Broad Areas and Topics – Google Docs I…
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College of Education dissertation announcements and archives blog
Dear IDT student,  You should follow this blog, to see announcements like below. Very handy to be able to read past abstracts (methodology, etc.) from all COE dissertations (including IDT).  http://blogs.memphis.edu/dissertations/  A few years ago I convinced our College of Ed. staff that a blog would be more effective for announcing defenses…
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MOOC overview and links
Here are the links from my talk today at the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. Educause Library on MOOCs. Start your reading here. Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom. TED video. Wikipedia entry on MOOCs. A very comprehensive entry including examples, history, etc. MOOC organizations EdX Coursera Udacity MOOC-List: Site with list…
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Professors Put Textbooks Online to Reduce Costs
Here are some examples of professors writing their own textbooks, and either selling them at much lower than usual cost, or giving them away. I’m strongly in favor of eliminating the middle man (publishers) and using the most powerful and democratizing publishing medium ever conceived–the web. Professors Put Textbooks Online to Reduce Costs – Wired…
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An Analysis of Current and Effective Training Strategies for Preparing Faculty to Teach Online
Worth reading: Faculty Development: An Analysis of Current and Effective Training Strategies for Preparing Faculty to Teach Online.
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What I’ve Learned from Teaching with iPads – ProfHacker
Here’s an interesting report of one professor’s use of iPads in the classroom. What I've Learned from Teaching with iPads – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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