it is really hard to get an “A” in this course
I have really high expectations of my students. I find that students rise to them. I hold myself to even higher expectations and I never ask them to do anything that i am not willing to do myself. If...
View ArticleWhat past students have to say about this course…
The one thing that hindered my learning was my misunderstanding of the forum posts in the first weeks of the course. It was several weeks into the course before I realized that these were actually...
View ArticleOverwhelmed
I am overwhelmed… there, i said it. It is true. I am struggling to keep up. I want you to know that even i have had thoughts of quitting! Especially that first week : ) I get up almost every morning...
View Articlelove letter to my students
Hello: please take the time to read and use the instructions that i took the time to create for you : ) please take the time to view/read/listen to the feedback that i took the time to provide to you :...
View Articlelearning activities feedback
Below you will find individual podcast episodes of my feedback for you on your learning activities assignment from module 3. I would encourage you to listen to the feedback and incorporate it into your...
View ArticleCourse Reviews for summer 2012
Course reviews: scroll through to find the video screencast of feedback for you on the design of your online course to date. Enroll in your classmates courses to follow the evolution of their course...
View ArticleBrainstorming wishlist for discussion features
A feature that allows students to only see what has been posted only after they have posted something first. Allows students to create discussion starters. Facilitates peer and self-evaluations of...
View ArticleIf you don’t want to bore your students … don’t be boring! : )
A very wise old online professor (Bill Pelz @wmpelz) once told me that the lecture was the most efficient way to pass important concepts and theories from the professor’s notepad to the students ipad...
View ArticleWhat 2012 students have to say about this course…
I have been changed in many ways, particularly in how I think, how I will teach, how and what I will study in the future. I was a proponent of online learning before I took this course, I am a greater...
View Articleapples and oranges
Quality Matters is a research-based rubric for review of the instructional design of mature online courses. It is not for new online courses/faculty, and does not concern itself with the teaching and...
View ArticleUAlbany School of Education CDIT online degree program
UAlbany’s School of Education Offers Cutting-Edge Online Master’s degree and Certificate Program UAlbany’s master’s degree in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology (CDIT) and the...
View ArticleETAP640 goes live today!
Every semester when the course goes live I am nervous and excited. I wonder, am I ready? Is the course ready? Have i forgotten to do anything? Have i anticipated everything? Have I addressed everything...
View Articlecool tools 2013
Here is my “Top 10″ list for 2013: netvibes - blog aggregator facebook google hangouts pinterest - – virtual pin board. A content sharing service that allows members to “pin” images, videos and other...
View ArticleScreen-casted feedback on student blogs
Screencasted feedback on your #etap640 blog is available via the playlist below. In the second screencast i demonstrate how i provide feedback via diigo by highlighting text and leaving sticky notes...
View ArticleSU13 Module3 learning activities assignment feedback
Below you will find individual podcast episodes of my feedback for you on your learning activities assignment from module 3. I would encourage you to listen to the feedback and incorporate it into your...
View ArticleVoiceThread
https://voicethread.com/share/3084120/ I use VoiceThread in my online course as an ice-breaking activity to support and facilitate social interaction in an online web-based teaching and learning...
View ArticleLet’s talk about twitter for a moment! : )
I am using twitter in this course to expose you to the tool that i think is the MOST powerful professional development experience i have ever had ever! : ) Read this white paper that i wrote – This is...
View ArticleThese r my students…
The course is almost over… I created this video as a farewell for you. http://youtu.be/rs_MMoYkLKk http://animoto.com/play/zCp00vklEk9cw1BvyxH8lw This is also an example of a really cool tool, animoto....
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