September 20, 2018
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on This One is Going to Need Some Work: Building Relationships Through Difficult Conversations
This QM session was focused on working with faculty on a course review/redesign or evaluation. Listen, Ask questions. The conversation isn’t about you or what you can do, it is about the instructor and the course and what the instructor … Continue reading
April 17, 2017
by Heidi Olson
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Courses supported by eCampus strictly adhere to the Faculty Senate guidelines for fulfilling core requirements for baccalaureate degrees. Processes and examples are provided here: Oral Communication Intensive Designator Students can engage in public speaking in their home town or surrounding … Continue reading
June 2, 2015
by Heidi Olson
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There are two applications that add functionality to video that could be very helpful in delivering content to students, for both online classes or for flipping your class lectures, as well as having students use the applications for homework assignments … Continue reading
July 10, 2013
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Technology in the Classroom. What’s stopping us?
Take a look at this interesting infographic from Graphite.org, a website that helps teachers find and share the digital learning products that are available, and is referenced in a blog post titled, Ed Tech isn’t optional, its essential. The data … Continue reading
July 20, 2011
by Heidi Olson
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I thought this was a great example of a way to get students to do some cognitive learning for extra credit points through something called “second chance exam.” This was taken from a Faculty Focus article: “Revisiting Extra Credit Policies,” … Continue reading
June 30, 2011
by Heidi Olson
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It was a pleasure to participate in a UAS three-day faculty development workshop this week with the Instructional Design Team from UAS-Sitka. Along with Maureen O’Halloran and Kathi Baldwin we provided some best practices for online learning as well as … Continue reading
April 7, 2011
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Video Conference with Skype 5.0
Several members of the CDE design team got together last week to test out the new Skype 5.0 Video conference feature. To use the feature at least one of Skype users must have a premium account (or have paid for … Continue reading