Beyond Your Content: Incorporating Learning Strategy Work into Courses of All Types
Plan/Prepare
Being Present in your Online Course
Why You Should Care about Instructor Presence
5 Reasons to Enhance Your Teaching with Microlearning
Microlearning is a concept that has been well recognized in the training and IT fields, but has yet to become a highly adopted practice in education. That said, microlearning has been steadily gaining attention in higher education due to the number of benefits it offers learners. In fact, one research study found that the use of microlearning objects increased learning and retention of course material by 18% (Mohammed, Wakil, Nawroly, 2018).
Mathpix Snip – A Tool for an Easy and Fast Way to Create Math Equations Using LaTex.
Here are some highlights of the tool:
Metacognition - What is it, Anyway?
Plagiarize-Proof Your Writing Assignments
Plagiarism is a big concern in higher education. In the article linked below from a recent issue of Faculty Focus, Christine Moore provides four practical strategies for fighting plagiarism in your course before any students cheat. It's a quick ready, but contains valuable information especially for faculty who use writing assignments in their courses.
Plagiarize-Proof Your Writing Assignments
Creating an Engaging Presentation
Members of the Dutton Learning Design team recently produced the following video, entitled Creating an Engaging Presentation, for the Online Learning Consortium. This 2 minute 34 second video shares tips for getting your participants eager and excited about your topic. It's not all about the slides...keep it conversational and plan ways to engage your audience right from the start!
Understanding Canvas Announcements - What happens when I import announcements to a new Semester
When you copy an entire Canvas Course from one semester to another, course announcements also come over. It can be tricky to understand how these copied over announcements behave in your new course.
I’ve compiled a list of notes and suggestions to help understand how Announcements work:
Creating a Welcoming Presentation
Members of the Dutton Learning Design team recently produced the following video, entitled Creating a Welcoming Presentation, for the Online Learning Consortium. This 3-minute video features tips for making sure your presentations are understood and seen by all and that they are inclusive to every member of your audience. As the speaker, you set the tone and help your audience engage!
Videos for missed points
Here’s an innovative idea to promote deep learning: allow students to make up missed exam points by creating their own short videos to explain the missed concepts. Once evaluated for accuracy, the videos can be posted for classmates to discuss and also use for study.
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