Videos: Tips for online tutors
I’ve blogged about the free Learning to Teach Online video series (LTTO) from the University of New South Wales before. (The original post, which includes 4 other online teaching video resources, is here). What’s especially good about the LTTO videos...The five most fabulous Moodle 2.0 features
Moodle is now well into its second generation, with Moodle 2.2 as the most recent release. For anyone still hanging onto a first generation Moodle (version 1.9 seems popular), it is well worth considering an upgrade to Moodle 2. Here are five of the most fab features…
5 ways to enhance your social presence in online courses
How are present are you as an instructor in your online courses? Research* has shown that tutor presence – the sense of the tutor being there – is a key motivator for online students. The trick is to find the middle ground between being omnipresent (and too stifling), and being invisible (and appearing uninterested ). Here are five things that can help you strike this balance.
Webinars & competing with the fridge
How to run engaging webinars, online classes, videoconferencing sessions, or online presentations.
5 eLearning video resources to watch this summer
Excellent videos about online learning and teaching (elearning). A good resource for online tutors.
The Right Blend?
How to design and deliver good blended learning courses (part online and part f2f). Tips and advice.
Digital tribes
There are interesting ways of perceiving or categorising Internet users, including the notion of ‘digital tribes’. Which tribe do you belong to?
Digital natives & immigrants
Digital natives or immigrants? Time to come up with alternative conceptions eg digital visitors and residents…
Ten (cool) things I learnt about in 2010
What are: baby duck syndrome, cyborg anthropology, the heavy metal umlaut, MOOC…? Read and find out.