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As I wrap up another semester of online teaching with success rates at or near 100%, I decided to share the things I do that matter most to student learning and success. My hope is that this dispels any myth that teaching online is easy. Just as with learner success, teaching success is the result of deliberate effort, wise strategies, and help seeking. Backwards DesignThe following are critical, minimum expectations for a high-quality online course:
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As I wrap up another semester of online teaching with success rates at or near 100%, I decided to share the things I do that matter most to student learning and success. My hope is that this dispels any myth that teaching online is easy. Just as with learner success, teaching success is the result of deliberate effort, wise strategies, and help seeking. Course ManagementThe following are critical, minimum expectations for a high-quality online course:
As I wrap up another semester of online teaching with success rates at or near 100%, I decided to share the things I do that matter most to student learning and success. My hope is that this dispels any myth that teaching online is easy. Just as with learner success, teaching success is the result of deliberate effort, wise strategies, and help seeking. Course Overview and IntroductionThe following are critical, minimum expectations for a high-quality online course:
Using Flipgrid for Critical THinking Discussions: An Engaging Alternative to Discussion Boards4/13/2020  Color photo of a girl holding a black smartphone out and looking into it. Photo by Julia m Cameron, downloaded from Pexels.com Below are the instructions I share for what I call Critical Thinking Discussions on Flipgrid. I host three of these formal Flipgrid discussions every quarter/semester. Students serve as Discussion Starters for one of the three discussions and Deep Thinkers for the other two. I use Canvas groups to randomly assign students to the Discussion Starter and Deep Thinker roles across the three discussions.
Thank goodness lifelong learning is one of my treasured hobbies. The past two months have been quite busy, but I somehow managed to discover some great new learning gems. Here it goes…
Despite having to spend considerable time adjusting my curriculum and course schedules for five classes to fit the rare closure of our campus six days this wintery spring 2019 semester in Wisconsin, I still managed to discover some new lifelong learning gems this February. Here it goes…
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