The IRRODL (International Review of Research in Online and Distance Learning) is a great resource for online teachers. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/index
As I was looking through the latest issue (Vol 12, No 3 (2011): Special Issue - Connectivism: Design and Delivery of Social Networked Learning - I noticed that any of the refereed publications can be accessed by HTML PDF MP3 or EPUB. This means I can listen as well as read. Good for them!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Humor in Teaching
In the March 2011 issue of JOLT magazine (http://jolt.merlot.org)
Donna Gayle Anderson Instructor, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX 75429 USA donna_anderson@tamu-commerce.edu
reports on adding humor to a class with low student retention, Production Operations Management.
http://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no1/anderson_0311.htm
I was interested because humor can be a tricky thing online. What the author did was link to YouTube videos that showed humorous situations of production operations such as an "I Love Lucy" segment on Lucy's schedule. The retention in the class improved significantly and students felt they were welcome. Of course the author also notes that she was an active participant in the class, which does make a difference.
Donna Gayle Anderson Instructor, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX 75429 USA donna_anderson@tamu-commerce.edu
reports on adding humor to a class with low student retention, Production Operations Management.
http://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no1/anderson_0311.htm
I was interested because humor can be a tricky thing online. What the author did was link to YouTube videos that showed humorous situations of production operations such as an "I Love Lucy" segment on Lucy's schedule. The retention in the class improved significantly and students felt they were welcome. Of course the author also notes that she was an active participant in the class, which does make a difference.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Scholarship in Teaching
http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/projects/scholarshipproject/model.htm
The Australian "Scholarship in Teaching" began in 1999 as a collaborative effort in three Australian institutions with the aims:
•To improve teaching, and the recognition and reward of teaching, through the development of scholarship in teaching in four universities.
•To improve teaching, and the recognition and reward of teaching, in the United National System in general through the development and dissemination of two self-help modules on scholarship in teaching.
They have developed the modules. I cannot find any research on whether this model actually improved teaching scholarship.
The Australian "Scholarship in Teaching" began in 1999 as a collaborative effort in three Australian institutions with the aims:
•To improve teaching, and the recognition and reward of teaching, through the development of scholarship in teaching in four universities.
•To improve teaching, and the recognition and reward of teaching, in the United National System in general through the development and dissemination of two self-help modules on scholarship in teaching.
They have developed the modules. I cannot find any research on whether this model actually improved teaching scholarship.
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