Spread the Word About Kurzweil and Help Your Students Read
In 2020, Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD) made Kurzweil 3000 available free to all enrolled students. We did this…
Fostering ‘Belonging Certainty’ in STEM
At the start of this semester, I asked my students why they chose to take statistics. One student quipped, “Because…
OER Office Hours: Meet the Champions!
You are invited to informal conversations about OER at the OER Champions Office Hours.
Introducing the Active Learning Kit: Engaging Ideas for Live Online Instruction. The CTLE has adapted our physical Active Learning Kits…
Starting to Think About Next Semester’s Classes? Start With the Orientation Module
If you took Strategies for Effectively Teaching Online, you already know that the course culminates into building a successful Getting…
Am I Actually Teaching?
Now that we are all online and/or live online and/or hybrid instructors, regularly checking for “attendance” in our courses, managing…
Thinking About Online Assessment and Some Strategies 1.0
“We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing things and they will do…
Do Your Students Know How to Find Your Feedback?
Ending the first week of the semester and entering the second week, I am starting to wonder if my online…
Demonstrates use of Genial.ly for interactive and fun formative assessments, with suggestions for use with Canvas quizzes and gameplay during…
In this video, you will see an interactive synchronous learning activity using Google Docs while on Zoom. The video shows…
Humanize your online course with “youness”
If you’re teaching this summer for GCC, you’re teaching online. You may be using the “live online” designation for a…
Tips for creating effective discussion boards. Includes: discussion prompts, instructions for initial post and responses, communicating grading criteria.
Quick overview of using Softchalk to create lessons that engage students online.
Do your students need help asking for help?
Your syllabus is full of resources your students can use when they need help: Center for Learning, the Writing Center,…
Online Discussion Board Ideas – with a twist!
I am loving this collection of innovative discussion board ideas for online courses. If you are looking for ways to…
