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Online Teaching & Learning

Look beyond your LMS for synchronous & asynchronous engagement tools

In my online classes, I’ve used Blackboard Collaborate as well as Meetings/BigBlueButton in Sakai. The latter is billed as a “webinar” tool. (“Oh boy, I’ve been invited to participate in a webinar! I can’t wait!” said no one ever.) As is so often the case, the usability of these is severely hindered by how complicated & glitchy they are. In the case of Sakai, the “easy” … Continue reading Look beyond your LMS for synchronous & asynchronous engagement tools

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Online Teaching & Learning

How important are teacher-student & student-student interactions in online learning?

An essential question for online course design: How important are instructor-student and student-student interactions in online learning? A quick Google search reveals myriad websites dispensing conventional wisdom on the topic, which consistently assure us that interactivity of all kinds is key to good online course design. However, I suspect that online teachers and learners —those of us with dogs in the fight, as it were— … Continue reading How important are teacher-student & student-student interactions in online learning?

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