December 12, 2014
by Heidi Olson
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I recently completed three short papers based on Make it Stick (2013) by Brown, Roedinger, and McDaniel for a class I’m taking and thought I would share my work. I enjoyed the book and it confirmed many of the techniques that … Continue reading
February 7, 2014
by Heidi Olson
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The New Media Consortium Horizon Report 2014 Higher Education Edition was recently released. This is always a good read and I appreciate the depth from which their research reaches. There are several pages of information on the process for conducting … Continue reading
October 1, 2013
by Heidi Olson
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I thought this was an interesting list of learning tools to watch for 2013. The list is based on a survey completed by 500 learning professionals of which 17% were identified as university teachers. Twitter ranked #1, which is the … Continue reading
March 7, 2013
by Heidi Olson
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At the 2013 ASTE conference held in Anchorage in late February, my presentation on Writing once, posting to many was one of the sessions in the Distruputing the Institution track. We spend a lot of time online and need to … Continue reading
February 8, 2013
by Heidi Olson
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I ran across this simple question and answer tool to create quizzes or self-assessments quick and easy. It’s called testmoz found at https://testmoz.com/. Four different question types are available, which cover most of the general self-assessment type of question you … 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
June 21, 2011
by Heidi Olson
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At our recent iTeach training in Fairbanks, one of our participants, Tom Abbott from Maine, showed how he reorganized his Blackboard course after several different presentations given by the Design Team. One of the really great items that he added … Continue reading
April 7, 2011
by Heidi Olson
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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
July 22, 2010
by Heidi Olson
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After reading this Inside Higher Ed article on home lab kits for distance learning, another obstacle for offering beginning level Biology, Chemistry, and Physics courses to non-majors should be eliminated. Lowering the barrier for those in degrees that aren’t specifically … Continue reading
March 2, 2010
by Heidi Olson
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Our installation of Blackboard has three new tools that can be incorporated into your online course: Blog Wiki Echo Site This is the first of a three-part series of information about these features. The first feature will be the blog. … Continue reading