Using Tinderbox to Review an Online Course

Instructional Design, Online Courseware

Using Tinderbox to Review an Online Course for ADA Compliance After almost 18 months, I still consider myself a TB novice. This application is presently a work-in-progress, but might be of interest to some forum members. I have to review an online course to ensure it...

Teaching Online – Meetings

Online Courseware

Online Office Hours instructions I’ve paid for my own GoToMeeting subscription for the past three years. Its primary purpose is to support my online teaching activities. I use a variety of communications channels, including VOIP (e.g. Skype), instant messaging,...

Teaching Online – Interactivity

Online Courseware

Sample Google Docs scheduling document When I have a problem, I look for ways to solve it. In this example, I posted a shared Google Docs document so students could easily tell me when they’d be available to meet and also see the times classmates...

Background Knowledge Survey

Instructional Design, Online Courseware

Asking students about what they know at the beginning of the course can offer very useful ideas for adaptations of the course material to better meet their...

Online Teaching

Online Courseware

Example student impression of my online teaching One key to my success as an online instructor is accessibility (see item 2 below). But another this that I’m always gently pushing my students to become better learners and more skilled in the subject matter I...

Online Discussions

Online Courseware

I know of no single tool better suited to create learning communities among online students than liberal use of online discussions.  ...