5 Great Uses of Video in Online Courses
Our world today is full of video. According to Donchev (2018), more than 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! If you’re teaching an online course, chances…
Course Design
Discussion Forums: Purpose, Practicalities, and Possibilities
Discussion forums are a common tool in the online classroom. From enhancing engagement to making thinking visible and helping build community, discussion forums can have a tremendous impact on your…
Creating Engagement Through Discussion Forums
Engaging students in the online environment presents different challenges than in face-to-face classrooms. For one thing, online learning often draws more adult leaders than traditional students, and these adult learners…
The Importance of Course Quality Standards in Online Education
Course quality is an essential consideration in the instructional design process. However, quality can be an abstract concept. Two different people may look at the same course, and one may…
Tools for Online Asynchronous Learning
For anyone who has taught face-to-face classes, making the transition to fully online may feel completely overwhelming. Course writers and instructors alike might find themselves asking questions such as, “How…
Recommendations for Enhancing Your Online Course
Course design is fundamentally a process of continual improvement. After an institution has initially developed and taught a course at least once, it should go back into development for updates,…