Knowledge Handler

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I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Thursday, July 01, 2021

Struggling With Remote Learning

Graham Glass shares eight tips for overcoming remote learning fatigue .

-DD

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Online Instruction

Marian Stoltz-Loike offers tips for making online education more effective:

  1. Post your syllabus;
  2. Stop lecturing;
  3. Get students involved;
  4. Solicit student feedback;
  5. Think out of the box;
  6. Encourage students to self-assess;
  7. Use collaborative tools;
  8. Make material relevant to the current events; and,
  9. Hold office hours.

-DD

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Tuesday, April 03, 2018

Survey of Online Education in Universities

Richard Garrett summarized a survey of educational leaders involved with academic online learning . I found fascinating the survey's disclosure that only about two percent of online courses are "mainly synchronous." The vast majority of student learning is not guided by a faculty member in real time.

-DD

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