We all know engagement in our online classes is important as instructors. But how can we engage more ? And how do we know if we need to? Engaging Online with “Small Teaching” actions I love the ideas of “Small…
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Creating Better Definitions of Distance Education Article in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
Please read and share my latest published article here: Creating Better Definitions of Distance Education https://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/summer232/johnston232.html Especially in the current COVID crisis and with so many universities rapidly moving to what some are called “remote learning,” there is a lot…
Top 100 Technology Tools for Higher Education 2019 Survey
Find the link below to the results of a the 13th annual learning tools survey published September 2019. This is a great compilation of tech tools that you might find helpful in your learning and teaching online or in the…
New Canvas Rich Content Editor Update – Guide for 2020
This is just a quick note about a Canvas update that happened here at our school (University of Kentucky) on January 18th, 2020 – upgrading what was called the “Rich Text Editor” and is now the “Rich Content Editor.” This…
OSCQR 3.0 Annotations – SUNY Open Source Quality Review System (Rubric and OLC Scorecard)
OSCQR Introduction Below is some information originally found at https://bbsupport.sln.suny.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/OSCQR/OSCQR-3.0-Explanations-And-Examples.html that I am archiving here for educational purposes. It is part of the open source quality review system called “OSCQR” http://oscqr.org/ created in the SUNY system. They have an excellent rubric that…