Teaching and Learning Online: Instructor and Student Roles

• Instructor Roles: Andragogy & Pedagogy (LearnActivity.com) 
• The Virtual Professor: A Personal Case Study
• What Makes a Successful Online Facilitator? (ION) *
• What Makes a Successful Online Student? (ION) *
• What Every Student Should Know About Online Learning (ION) *
• Sloan-C View: Perspectives in Quality Online Education (useful information about online learning, commentaries about the field and pointers to more details about the work of the Sloan Consortium. (Thanks, Sheila)
• Pointers and Clickers: ION's Technology Tip of the Month (ION) *
  

Building Online Learning Communities

• Specific Activities that Promote Online Discussion (ION)
• Creating Community Online (WVNET)
• Maintain the Energy!  (tips on maintaining the energy in your online course from Dr. Mary Dereshiwsky, LERN COI, of Northern Arizona University.)

Online Course Design

• Distance Education at a Glance... (guides for designing distance education courses)
• Online Education Resources: Instructional Design (ION)
• Instructional Design for Online Courses (University of Illinois)
• Instructional Design Tips for Online Instruction (Humboldt State University, CA)  
• Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses *
• WebCT Accessibility Interest Group

Manage and update your WebCT course (see How to . . . )
 

Online Course Evaluation Rubrics and Exemplary Courses

• ROI: Rubric for Online Instruction ( California State University, Chico)
  • Rubric in PDF
  • Evaluating Online Instruction: Horizon Wimba Desktop Lecture Series (Archive of Live 2 hour Webinar that explains the CSU Chico rubric project)
  • Instructional Design Tips for Online Instruction (Humboldt State University, CA)  LOOK AT THIS!
• Quality Matters (Maryland Online Consortium)
  • Peer Course Review Rubric
  • QM Documents
• WebCT Exemplary Course Project (WebCT)
  • WebCT 2006 Scoring Rubric
  • 2005 Project Winners Announced (including "The American Film" from RVCC)
• Online Course Evaluation Project (OCEP) (EduTools)
   

Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Course Management Systems (CMS)

• Learning Management Systems (LMS) Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) - E-Learning as an Enterprise Application? (Paul Stacey, T-Net British Columbia)
• Edutools: Comparison of Course Management Systems (reviews and describes over 40 product features)
• ANGEL Learning
• Blackboard
• Desire2 Learn
• eCollege
• Moodle
• Sakai
• WebCT
• WebStudy
  

Online/Distance Education Information for Faculty

• Illinois Online Network (ION) (excellent resources!!!) *
• Online Education Resources (ION) (resources on specific topics)
• The Virtual Professor: Resources for the Online Educator (Kate Britt, WebCT) *
• Innovate (journal of online education)
• Resources for Distance Education (Professor Charles Darling; Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut)
• Concerns of Instructors Delivering Distance Learning via the WWW
• Learner.org (Annenberg/CPB)
• Learner.org: Teacher Resources (Annenberg/CPB)
• E-Learning Post (commercial site)
• Distance-Educator (commercial site)
• Learning & Training Innovations Magazine (commercial site)
• Certificate in Distance Education Program (Thomas Edison State College)
• Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality (University of Illinois; series of online faculty development courses designed to help faculty members acquire skills and knowledge needed to teach online.)
• Degree.Net (information on where to get degrees by distance learning
• Learning Resources Network (LERN) (nonprofit education organization; training and consulting service in lifelong learning; thanks, Andy!) 
  • Teaching OntheNet/Faculty for Higher Ed. Home Page (LERN; offers one-week online professional development courses for faculty; thanks, Andy!) * 
• Senate Passes a Bill Extending Copyright Exemption to Online Courses (The Chronicle of Higher Education; thanks, Maria! - for more information on the TEACH act go to Copyright and Fair Use) *
  

Online Conferences and Live Events for Online Course Instructors 

• Teaching Online in Higher Education Online Conference (TOHE)
• Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference (TCC)
  (formerly Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference)
• HorizonLive Desktop Lecture Series (a variety of educational topics presented live via HorizonLive synchronous software; archives of past events available)
• Elluminate Demos and Events (a variety of educational topics presented live via vClass synchronous software; archives of past events available)
• Educause Live! (a variety of educational topics presented live via HorizonLive synchronous software)
• Educause: Teaching and Learning Blog

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