Teaching Student Veterans Online
As of 2013, more than a million veterans have taken advantage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill to pursue their higher education degrees, and that number is estimated to rise by…
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Community Building Through Icebreaker Discussion Forums
Research consistently shows that in an online environment, it’s especially important to create a sense of community to keep students engaged and to limit their feelings that they’re alone (Tayebinik…
Kinesthetic Learning in an Online Learning Environment
Meet Allen. Allen is a kinesthetic learner. When he was a child, his favorite classes in school (besides PE) were his second-grade math class where the teacher allowed the students…
Academic Rigor in the Online Classroom
In their 2011 book, Academically Adrift, Arum and Roksa claimed that academic rigor in higher education has decreased in recent years. They found that graduation and achievement have increased while…
Expanding the Virtual Classroom: Making Science Labs Available to Online Students
Practical experiences in physics, biology, chemistry, and other science courses can make fundamental concepts more tangible for students and thus help them achieve course objectives. For this reason, a laboratory…
MOOCs, Competency-Based Education and New Technology: How Online Education Is Changing
What an exciting time it is to be part of online education. To paraphrase Ron Legon from The Quality Matters Program, we’re now moving past the idea of a “traditional”…