Find out how collaborative note-taking can support a learning community, peer success, student assessment, and an inclusive environment.

Keeping school and personal life separate, always a struggle for teachers, is even more difficult when they’re both in the same place.

Hundreds of teachers, many of them operating in countries where teach-from-home has been in place for weeks, weigh in on the mental approach you need to stay grounded in this difficult time.

Learn how educators are reframing Bloom's Taxonomy through the lens of educational technology, blended learning, BYOD, flipped classrooms, and other models. ...

Social presence remains the key to a successful learning experience, and understanding social presence, with its critical connection to learning and c

Learner engagement in any instructional environment, including online, is critical to ensuring meaningful learning outcomes. Researchers discuss engagement as a complex construct consisting of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral domains. In e-learning, student engagement is difficult to achieve. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an instructional design framework focused on overcoming barriers to learning and providing learners with multiple ways to engage, receive instruction, and express learning. This framework is based on a premise of variability of all learners and designing learning that is flexible and systematically planned.

PDF. "The Managing Online Education survey was conducted by WCET (the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) in partnership with BCcampus, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium, and eCampusAlberta in the Spring of 2013. The focus of this survey is on practices that promote quality in online education, especially in terms of an institution demonstrating leadership or providing services that enhance faculty and student success. "

These 41 Facts About Online Students will surprise you. Did you know that 32% of college students take at least one online course? See more facts about online students.

The OLC Quality Scorecard - Benchmarking Tools, Checklists, & Rubrics for Evaluating the Quality and Effectiveness of Online Learning Programs & Courses

Incoming students may learn more about how online education works and how to navigate virtual classes.

Know thy Netiquette! The Core Rules of Netiquette are excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea. Click on each rule for elaboration.

“Wow. I always thought my online instructors were computers.” An online student shared this comment with his instructor after receiving an email from ...

Setting expectations helps your students better navigate your online course. Check out this roadmap for creating clear and effective course expectations.

Are you worried about the effectiveness of your online course assessments? This webinar provides research-based assessment tips and techniques that you can u...

Welcoming students to your online course helps you build lasting relationships with them, and increases their loyalty to you.

Description A welcome message to students before the course begins is an important step in establishing your online persona (Bellafiore, 2007; Gibson and Blackwell, 2005; Mensch and Ali, 2007; and Phillips, 2011). The message should include vital information for the course and not be your entire syllabus. The purpose of this communication is to welcome … Continue reading "Welcome Message"

Description A Course Orientation Module serves as the orientation to an online course. Creating an Orientation Module is very similar to the events that can occur in first night of a face-to-face class. The purpose of this module is to help students learn the course routine, expectations, and organization as well as ensure that students … Continue reading "Course Orientation Module"

Christina Cavage is professor of ESL at Savannah College of Art and Design. In this article, Christina discuss her process when selecting course materials...

Instructional materials are the content or information conveyed within a course. These include the lectures, readings, textbooks, multimedia components, and other resources in a course. These materials can be used in both face-to-face and online classrooms; however, some must be...