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Giving Students a Voice Online

Like most educators, I view teaching as a process.  After implementing a new instructional activity or creating a new online course, I immediately reflect on how effectively and efficiently students...

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QR Code Generators, Mobile Apps, and Integration Ideas

As mobile learning and technology increasingly make their way into the higher education learning space (face-to-face, blended, and online), QR codes can be used in innovative ways that can gain...

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A Google Drive Feature You May Not Be Using

Over the past few years, Google has expanded their offering of apps and tools beyond the search engine.  Many of these - including Gmail, Google Docs, and YouTube - are clearly beloved by many and have...

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Blogger Tip #1: Enhance the Commenting System

The commenting system of any blog is a core element in connecting and engaging with your audience.  Commenting and feedback platforms have evolved quite significantly; from old school guestbooks and...

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Common Myths About the Flipped Classroom...My Two Cents

The flipped classroom, as with any disruptive innovation in education, has naturally become surrounded by myths based on conceptual misunderstandings, fear of change, and experiences or observations...

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Getting Started: 10 Tools to Flip Your Classroom

In my continuous research on flipped classrooms primarily for higher education contexts (and K-12 too), I frequently encounter Web-based tools and mobile apps that tend to focus on screencasting or...

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Flipped Classroom Strategy 1: Taking Notes with VideoNot.es

Instructors who had success with flipping their classrooms realize that students have to take initiative and be held accountable for viewing content (i.e. videos, text readings, websites, etc.)...

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Flipped Classroom Strategy 2: Identify Where to Flip and Start Small

In a recent presentation, entitled The Flipped Classroom, I delivered to higher education faculty at my current institution, we began our dialog reviewing various definitions of the flipped classroom....

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Flipped Classroom Strategy 3: Think-Pair-Share (In/During Class Instructional...

A common yet important point about the flipped classroom in discussions among higher education faculty and instructional designers is the fact that there is no one right way or strategy for the flipped...

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Flipped Classroom Strategy 4: Muddiest Point (In/During Class Instructional...

Initial Thoughts and IntroductionIn my continued research into flipped learning and its implications in the university/college classroom, I'm amazed at the creative strategies faculty members use to...

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5 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Online Course Design and Development

In my 12+ years of teaching face-to-face, blended, and online undergraduate and graduate-level courses in higher education and current role as an instructional designer, I've encountered and observed...

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A Few More Common Mistakes to Avoid in Online Course Design and Development

As a follow up to my post 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Online Course Design and Development, there are few more mistakes with suggestions that I wanted to share with you. Mistake #6: Responding to...

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Just A Few More Common Mistakes to Avoid in Online Course Design and Development

As a follow up to my 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Online Course Design and Development and A Few More Common Mistakes to Avoid in Online Course Design and Development posts, I wanted to share a few...

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Instructional Strategies for Enhancing Learning in Online Courses

Teaching in an online environment often presents challenges to faculty members, especially for those that have limited to no experience teaching fully (and even blended/hybrid) online courses.  When...

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My Quick Thoughts on Twitter to Support Learning

The short answer to the question “can this tool (Twitter) meet an instructional need?” is yes.  First, Twitter can be a valuable research tool for finding instructional resources, research, blogs, etc....

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A Key #EdTech Blog I Follow

One of the most useful blogs I have been following for many years now is Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne.  The main characteristic that qualifies this as a blog is that the latest post,...

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An Excellent Podcast for Higher Education Faculty

The #HigherEd hashtag on Twitter is one of the key channels I follow to stay abreast with the latest trends and topics of discussion for a variety of higher education contexts.  A few months ago, I ran...

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Asynchronous Communications: The Discussion Board

Discussions boards are one of the most commonly used tools to facilitate dialog in online courses.  These boards allow for back and forth communications between students and instructors asynchronously...

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Synchronous Communications: Live Web Conferencing

A common criticism of online courses is that the social element of a traditional face-to-face learning environment is removed because of the heavily asynchronous "anytime, anywhere" nature of online...

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Sample of Ready-Made Content

Curating pre-existing, or ready-made, content to support instruction saves instructors a significant amount of time from having to create self-produced instructional media.  In my own teaching...

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