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Our common thread and challenge…

Our common thread: You and I are both educators and want to pass on our knowledge to others. Our common challenge: How can we do this most effectively and efficiently? In other words, how can we reach the widest audience while ensuring each learner masters our intended outcomes? This site exists to help answer these questions.… Continue reading Our common thread and challenge…

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Winter semester online courses filling up faster than F2F – Are instructors prepared?

Although I don’t have any hard numbers at my disposal, instructors have been telling me their online course offerings are filled up while their F2F courses fall behind in capacity. I’m sure these will fill up eventually, but this trend leads me to ask the question: Are instructors prepared to teach online? If you’ve already… Continue reading Winter semester online courses filling up faster than F2F – Are instructors prepared?

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Lecturing: The path of least Resistance

I don’t mean to lecture about lecturing, but I found myself sliding into that trap recently and wondered why. I’ve always been a student-centered learning instructor; give the students what they need to complete and activity and get them doing it. If they need something they will ask…Google.  Oh yes, and first pre-assess them through… Continue reading Lecturing: The path of least Resistance