by Mendi Benigni | Mar 24, 2020 | content, Distance Ed, instructional technology, iPad, Mobile, Productivity, Share
With the College operating online, I know it’s difficult for some discipline whose work isn’t easy to do online, for example Math and Drawing. If the assignment you wish to give is better suited to the student handwriting or hand-drawing something then...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 19, 2019 | Assessment, Best Practices, Collaboration, Distance Ed, Pedagogy
TLThd is launching a new service to all instructors at CofC…CLASS OBSERVATIONS These observations can be for your face-to-face or your online classes. An instructional technologist will come to your class (or review your OAKS online class) and observe you and...
by Chris Meshanko | Jun 27, 2019 | content, Distance Ed, OER, Teaching Advice
What is OER? “Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium–digital or otherwise–that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and...
by Jessica Smith | Jan 17, 2019 | Distance Ed, TLT, Training Opportunities
Your Teaching & Learning Team is excited to announce a new professional development opportunity you won’t want to miss. On January 30, 2019, we will launch the Distance Education Extension Program (DEEP for short). This will be a series of online,...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 19, 2017 | Classrooms, Distance Ed, instructional technology, iPad, Mobile, Pedagogy
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that, up until now, could really only be used face-to-face. But great news, it now has an out-of-class feature as well that can be used for homework or for online courses. I know many of you teaching online has wanted to use...
by Amy Ostrom | Dec 20, 2016 | Assessment, Best Practices, Collaboration, Distance Ed, Events, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy, Teaching Advice
“I miss getting to really know my students. It’s just not the same.” “There’s no way of knowing who is on the other side of the screen.” Sound familiar? If so then you aren’t alone. Not only do some instructors feel this way about online learning, but students do as...