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Effective online course design starts with people

eSchool News

The shift to virtual learning in early 2020 put a spotlight on online course design, with all its flaws and inconsistencies. But there are good examples of effective online course design. First and foremost, engaging online learning programs are built with empathy for both the teacher and the student.

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Offline Choice Boards: How Are You Integrating Offline Learning into Your Online Class?

Catlin Tucker

I am fielding questions about how to set up online courses , design online lessons , and offer small group instruction and support via video conferencing. As an advocate of blended learning, I want teachers to strive for a healthy balance of online and offline tasks as students engage in distance learning.

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When to Teach Online Classes Live and When to Let Students Learn on Demand

Edsurge

It was really in the ‘80s and the ‘90s that the first satellite distance learning programs came up,” she adds, meaning students could sit in classrooms connected via interactive satellite TV. Experts in online teaching have been debating and researching the question of synchronous versus asynchronous for decades.

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).