Arizona State University is committed to implement the Quality Matters standards for the design of online courses, and we are systematically building and evaluating our courses based on these rigorous, research-based standards. The Quality Matters…
Dr. Sher Ratnabalasuriar shares her experiences using blogs in her online classes as a learning tool. She wanted an alternative to the traditional discussion boards that would encourage students to engage more, become more mindful…
Dr. Deborah Henderson uses her course Announcements to increase student engagement with the course content and herself and to reinforce and expand upon course concepts. She writes, “Taking in all the weekly posts at once,…
Sherry Rankins-Robertson and Tiffany Bourelle from the School of Letters and Sciences at Arizona State University discuss their experiences teaching online and the Writers’ Studio instructional model they use for some of their online writing…
This Scoop-It site (Yes, we like Scoop-it here at ASU Online!) is a quick and dirty attempt to bring you the latest and greatest educational gaming research. It is not exhaustive by any means as…
Jill Schiefelbein from the Hugh Downs School Of Human Communication at Arizona State University shares some best practices for teaching online. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/34397580″ iframe=”true” /]
The use of games in the curriculum is a popular topic currently with some instructors jumping in with both feet and others preferring to stick a toe in to test the water. The continuum of…
VoiceThread is a browser-based application that allows classrooms to have conversations asynchronously around images, videos, documents, presentations, and even lectures. In the classroom, VoiceThread can be used for digital student-portfolios, language practice, lectures; group presentations,…
The TV show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ provides a humorous view on the use of Twitter in the surgery room, how the senior leader is skeptical about its use as a learning tool and how the professional…
In this podcast, we tell an array of course design stories alongside other ASU Online designers and faculty.
