Faculty

Curated resources a new online faculty might be interested in reviewing. These resources represent research done over the period of 8 weeks while studying for the course Building Online Learning Communities.   These resources were chosen because they represent current thought on the various subject matter outlined below.

• Active learning and student engagement 
  • Managing Group Work

• Assessing students with collaborative activities
  • Establishing clear guidelines and expectations
  • The value of student reflection and evaluation

• Communication strategies

• Course Delivery
  • Online Student Orientations
  • Online Faculty Strategies 
  • Student Success [Retention] Strategies

• Digital Literacy

• Online Learner
  • The profile of the typical online learner
  • Dealing with challenging students
  • Online Orientations & Website Samples

 

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• EDUCAUSE: IT leaders and professionals in higher education
• Edutopia– what works in education
• Faculty Focus -excellent sources, directed at faculty
• iNACOL– the International Association for K-12 Online Learning. You need to know what the younger generation is doing, so you can be prepared
• Inside Higher Ed -coming to you from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• ISTE– the International Society for Technology in Education
• NERCOMP: North eastern Regional Computing Program-not just IT, instructional design, online learning etc.
• The New York Times -catch the Daily Briefing, if you can’t dive any deeper
• Online Learning Consortium [formally SLOAN] is a very excellent source for everything about online learning
• Reply All – strictly listening & the subject matter is not just educational material.