“EdPlus Digital Learning Team”
Supporting Online Learners
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
March 31, 2020
The transition for students to digital and online based learning can introduce a variety of new approaches to learning. Certainly in regards to structure in attended classes and then also with the asynchronous opportunities that online learning provi ...
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Using blogs in online classes as a learning tool
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
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 about their writing ...
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Design Thinking for Educators
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
Design Thinking Can Make You a Better Teacher! Getting StartedDesign Thinking is a mindset grounded in believing that you can make a difference and using an intentional process in order to get to new, relevant solutions that create positive impact.De ...
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Videos in the Classroom: Is That Really Active Learning?
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
This is the second article in a series on Active Learning. Click here to read an earlier TeachOnline blog post on how active learning promotes student success.Videos are considered an especially effective way to present information while also address ...
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Questions to Consider As You Prepare to Teach Your First Hybrid Course
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
A hybrid course is much more than just an online course with a face-to-face class session thrown in for good measure. It involves asking, “What is the best way for students to interact with course content, construct knowledge, engage in critical thin ...
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Communication
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
March 19, 2020
For any course, communication is key! This overview will provide recommendations on how to ensure your communication with your online students is effective, positive, and builds community within your online course.Video Introduction:In this video (6: ...
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To Get the Right Answer, You Have to Ask the Right Question
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
We want our students to develop those higher order thinking skills that are so crucial to developing those much talked about 21st Century Skills including the ability to think critically, synthesize, and evaluate. The development of these skills is e ...
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Recording Weekly Overview Videos
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
Creating weekly overview videos is beneficial for your course in several ways. The largest benefit of creating these overviews is instructor presence. Creating instructor presence is crucial to online courses as having a strong instructor presence an ...
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Having Fun in Online Classes
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
In a recent online course I took, I was intrigued by a page in our introductory module called “Break times.” The instructor, Bonnie Chapman explains, “At the end of each module, I include a PowerPoint with humorous items,” going on to say, “This is n ...
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