“Mary Loder”
Faculty Round Table: Canvas Skills, Intrusion, and Inclusion
By: Mary Loder
December 9, 2021
In this podcast, Jason Bronowitz, Christina Carrasquilla, and Chad Westover from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering share their experiences and recommendations for online teaching. The trio discuss how to make Canvas work for you, as well as st ...
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Yellowdig: A Social Learning Platform
By: Mary Loder
August 24, 2021
What is Yellowdig?Yellowdig is a social learning platform designed for higher education that integrates with any LMS. Many instructors use it instead of LMS discussion forums. The best part is that it’s auto-graded and auto-populates grade ...
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Best Practices for Large-Enrollment Online Courses, Part 2: Managing groups, peer review, and other peer-to-peer interactions
By: Mary Loder
October 2, 2018
Whenever student enrollment capacity dramatically increases for an instructor, there are a number of common questions and concerns: How will instructors manage increased grading load? How can instructors facilitate a discussion among 100+ stude ...
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7 Tips For On-Camera Success!
By: Mary Loder
March 20, 2018
We recognize that being in front of the camera can be intimidating, so we’ve compiled some helpful tips from the pros to help you feel more comfortable and prepared. We searched through many articles about how to be awesome on camera and spoke to som ...
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Designing & Organizing Your Yellowdig Board: Folksonomy & Taxonomy in Yellowdig
By: Mary Loder
July 4, 2018
If you need a little background on what Yellowdig is and how to use it, refer to this: Yellowdig: A Social Learning Platform.With a little poking around, you’ll notice the useful feature of pinning a post to the top of the board, ensuring students se ...
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Dynamic Design: Visual Elements of a Course
By: Mary Loder
April 23, 2020
Co-writers; Lucy Wolski, is the Instructional Design Specialist for the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. Mary Loder is an Instructional Design Specialist at EdPlus at Arizona State University. Special thanks to Alisha Mendez and Bi ...
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Universal Design and Your Ally(ies): Pedagogical Strategies
By: Mary Loder
May 12, 2020
The Fingerprints of Your Classroom“The way people learn is as unique as their fingerprints.” (CAST, 2020) Original photograph by Bryce Edwards, licensed under CC BY 2.0When you think about the composition of your classroom and begin to design yo ...
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Strategies for Remote Labs
By: Mary Loder
April 7, 2020
Co-writers; Joe Benfield and Mary Loder are instructional design specialists at ASU Online. What is a Lab?A lab course is an opportunity to apply learning in a practical demonstration or activity.Labs provide an opportunity to experiment, observ ...
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Dynamic Design: Multimedia design ideas for online and remote course creation
By: Mary Loder
April 1, 2020
Co-writers; Lucy Wolski, is the Instructional Design Specialist for the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, and her friend and colleague, Mary Loder, is in the role of Instructional Design Specialist at EdPlus at Arizona State Univers ...
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