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Using blogs in online classes as a learning tool

By: Tahnja Wilson

September 29, 2014

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 ...

Design Thinking for Educators

By: Sean Hobson

September 29, 2014

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 ...

Videos in the Classroom: Is That Really Active Learning?

By: Irma Sandercock

September 29, 2014

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 ...

Questions to Consider As You Prepare to Teach Your First Hybrid Course

By: Irma Sandercock

September 29, 2014

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 ...

To Get the Right Answer, You Have to Ask the Right Question

By: Irma Sandercock

April 30, 2012

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 ...

Recording Weekly Overview Videos

By: Matt Robinson

April 20, 2020

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 ...

Having Fun in Online Classes

By: Michael Miller

April 15, 2023

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 ...

So Many Submissions, So Little Time: Scalable Assessments, Feedback Models, and Fostering Community

By: Jill Roter

March 10, 2021

This article is a part of the What Does it Mean to Design for Scale? series.“How do you know they know?” is a critical course-design question to answer to ensure  learners provide evidence of their understanding and competence. And for all inten ...

What’s New in Canvas New Analytics?

By: Michael Miller

April 13, 2023

What is Canvas New Analytics?Canvas’ New Analytics feature isn’t necessarily “new,” but the “feature preview” is now available at ASU. Some of us may have tinkered with the Course Analytics feature that has long been available but felt hindered by th ...