On Teaching Online

Faculty Summer Institute in Illinois

Eric — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:15:20 +0000

Teaching in Illinois? The Faculty Summer Institute (FSI) Program Committee would like to invite you to submit a proposal for this year’s conference, to be held May 13-15, 2013 at the Illinois Conference Center and I Hotel in Champaign, Illinois. This year’s … Continue reading →

2013 ICDE World Conference

Eric — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:16:57 +0000

The 25th ICDE World Conference will be hosted by Tianjin Open University, China, on 16-18 October 2013. The abstract submission deadline was extended to April 30, 2013. The World Conference attracts delegates from around the globe representing the research community, … Continue reading →

Open University creating new free course offerings

Eric — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:31:35 +0000

Open University, in the UK, will begin offering free online courses with a new program called Futurelearn in early 2013. Eleven UK universities including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick have signed … Continue reading →

Sloan C 2013 Blended Learning Conference

Eric — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:02:50 +0000

The Sloan Consortium has opened a call for proposals for their 10th annual Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference and Workshop to be held in Milwaukee, July 8 – 9, 2013 . You can submit a proposal to present at the 10th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended … Continue reading →

UNED-ICDE 2013 International Conference call for papers

Eric — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:53:14 +0000

A call for papers has been announced for the UNED-ICDE 2013 International Conference to be held 7-9 March 2013 in Madrid, Spain. The submission deadline for abstracts is December 20th. The overarching theme of the conference is Mobilizing Distance Education … Continue reading →

edX expanding

Eric — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:35:32 +0000

According to the Washington Post, Georgetown University will be joining the edX online learning system and begin offering free online courses alongside Harvard & MIT and a few other schools. edX is a not-for-profit partnership between Harvard University and the Massachusetts … Continue reading →

Small course group build consortium in 2U

Eric — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:11:52 +0000

Another group of colleges have joined forces to offer online courses. Students enrolled at any of the 10 colleges campuses can take online courses from the shared system for credit at their primary or ‘home’ school. Every member of the … Continue reading →

Conference: Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning

Eric — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:50:09 +0000

The 6th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning will be held April 9-11, 2013 at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference centers on emerging and innovative uses of technology designed to improve teaching and learning … Continue reading →

World Conference on Open and Distance Education 2013

Eric — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:36:15 +0000

25th ICDE World Conference in China The 25th ICDE World Conference will be hosted by Tianjin Open University, China, on 16-18 October 2013. Tianjin is a coastal city approximately 120 km from Beijing. The World Conference attracts delegates from around … Continue reading →

ACE looks at usefulness of MOOCs

Eric — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:30:36 +0000

The American Council on Education will review a number of online courses offered by major US universities as part of a pilot project, funded by the Gates Foundation to look at the quality and use of massive open online courses as part … Continue reading →

Marzano’s Excellence in Teaching

Eric — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:07:02 +0000

On Excellence in Teaching is an excellent collection of teaching and learning reviews and research. On Excellence in Teaching was edited by Dr. Robert J. Marzano, a leading researcher, author and faculty development presenter. Marzano has written more than 30 … Continue reading →

Teaching 9-11

Eric — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:14:59 +0000

The mere mention of this topic brings many people up short. Conversations stop. Voices get quieter and people seem to suffer from a rush of memory—powerful, awful, questioning, and even angry responses are provoked by 9-11. Teaching about the events … Continue reading →

OTO 34 Apps e-books and education

Eric — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:37:38 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 34: Apps, e-books and education Originally published 2/10/12 In this podcast I talk about the changing world of creating and publishing educational materials.

OTO 33 Evaluating online program quality with Dr. Kaye Shelton

Eric — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:35:06 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 33: Evaluating online program quality with Dr. Kaye Shelton Originally published 1/13/12 An interview with Dr. Kaye Shelton, Associate Professor at Lamar University, and author of A Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Education Programs: … Continue reading →

Teaching with zombies

Eric — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:10:41 +0000

Online classes suffer from the lack of deep but often unexamined visual cues, prompts, reminders, and social information– everything from the weather outside the windows to campus posters to the social conversations drifting around the space before a teacher starts the … Continue reading →

OTO 32 New web teaching tools

Eric — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:24:46 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 32: New web teaching tools Originally published 1/5/12 In this podcast Staci and I talk about a variety of online collaborative tools that are getting better and being updated all the time: Bubbl.us, DebateGraph, VoiceThread, and … Continue reading →

OTO 31 Coursekit.com social network and LMS with Joe Cohen

Eric — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:19:19 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 31: Coursekit.com social network and LMS with Joe Cohen Originally published 12/10/11 In this podcast Staci and I talk with Joe Cohen of what was then Coursekit. Coursekit began as a free social media/learning management platform for … Continue reading →

OTO 30 Dr. Jay Caulfield on hybrid course design

Eric — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:12:46 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 30: Dr. Jay Caulfield on hybrid course design Originally published 11/18/11 An interview with Dr. Jay Caulfield, author of How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course. Dr. Jay Caulfield is an associate professor and an associate dean … Continue reading →

OTO 29 Using online interviews in education research

Eric — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:08:23 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 29: Using online interviews in education research Originally published 11/11/11 Janet Salmons talks about using online interviews as a research method and about her new book, Cases in Online Interview Research.

OTO 28 A conversation with David Warlick

Eric — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:03:29 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 28: A conversation with David Warlick Originally published 11/5/11 In this podcast well-known writer, speaker and educational technologist David Warlick talks about developing educational collaboration resources and communities like The Landmark Project, Citation Machine, Info-graphic a Day and … Continue reading →

Welcome to On Teaching Online

Eric — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:31:50 +0000

Online teaching is a complex topic because there are so many aspects to cover– and many roles for online teachers to fill. Online teachers must grapple with evolving technologies that communicate information. They have to manage that information, gathering it for assessment … Continue reading →

OTO 27 Every teacher has six jobs

Eric — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:55:29 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 27: Every teacher has six jobs Originally published 11/1/11 This podcast we talk about the six roles all teachers fill, and how those functions have changed in the move to online teaching.

OTO 26 The Innovative University with Henry Eyring

Eric — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:48:17 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 26: The Innovative University with Henry Eyring Originally published 10/24/11 Henry J. Eyring, Advancement Vice President at Brigham Young University-Idaho, is the co-author, with Clayton Christensen, of The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from … Continue reading →

OTO 25 Cooking with Moodle with Silvina Hillar

Eric — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:43:07 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 25: Cooking with Moodle with Silvina Hillar Originally published 9/25/11 Silvina Hillar talks about her Moodle 2.0 Multimedia Cookbook. Ms. Hillar is a writer, course designer, Moodler, English Teacher, and a translator in every sense– teaching English … Continue reading →

OTO 24 The online teaching survival guide with Dr. Judith Boettcher

Eric — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:36:42 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 24: The online teaching survival guide with Dr. Judith Boettcher Originally published 9/10/11 I talk with Dr. Judith Boettcher about her latest book The Online Teaching Survival Guide (written with Rita-Marie Conrad). This book organizes many … Continue reading →

OTO 23 Quality Matters with Dr. Kay Shattuck

Eric — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:30:11 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 23: Quality Matters with Dr. Kay Shattuck Originally published 9/3/11 In this podcast we talk with Dr. Kay Shattuck, Director of Research for Quality Matters (QM) about QM, online course assessment, and the QM framework. Dr. Shattuck holds … Continue reading →

OTO 22 Google’s education evangelist Jaime Casap

Eric — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:25:32 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 22: Google’s education evangelist Jaime Casap Originally published 8/23/11 An interview with Jaime Casap, the Senior Education Evangelist on the Google Apps for Education Team at Google, Inc.

Five steps to password sanity

Eric — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:26:27 +0000

You suck at keeping your computers and phones safe. I can write that because you are someone pressed into working on 12 different projects before the week is done on computers at work, at home, on local networks, on home … Continue reading →

OTO 21 The future of eLearning with Dr. Maria Andersen

Eric — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:19:46 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 21: The future of eLearning with Dr. Maria Andersen Originally published on 8/11/11 In part two of a two-part interview we talk with Dr. Maria H. Andersen, a mathematics Professor at Muskegon Community College about her … Continue reading →

OTO 20 Teaching math online with Dr. Maria Andersen

Eric — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:14:48 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 20: Teaching math online with Dr. Maria Andersen Originally published on 8/3/11 In part one of a two-part interview we talk with Dr. Maria H. Andersen, a mathematics professor at Muskegon Community College and the Learning … Continue reading →

OTO 19 The Illinois Online Network with Scott Johnson

Eric — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:07:00 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 19: The Illinois Online Network with Scott Johnson Originally published 7/19/11 This is a wide-ranging discussion with Scott Johnson, Program Coordinator for the Illinois Online Network’s master online teacher certificate program and more. The Master Online … Continue reading →

OTO 18 ePortfolios and engaging students with Dr. Tracy Penny Light

Eric — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:57:57 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 18: ePortfolios and engaging students with Dr. Tracy Penny Light Originally published 7/19/11 Dr. Tracy Penny Light of St. Jerome’s University, part of the University of Waterloo, talks about engaging learners with e-portfolios. Dr. Light is … Continue reading →

OTO 17 A taxonomy of collaboration with Dr. Janet Salmons

Eric — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:57:25 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 17: A taxonomy of collaboration with Dr. Janet Salmons Originally published 7/16/11 This is an interview about dialogues, in which we have a dialogue about interviews, with Dr. Janet Salmons. Dr. Janet Salmons has served on the graduate … Continue reading →

OTO 16 Essentials of Online Course Design with Marjorie Vai

Eric — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:42:43 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 16: Essentials of Online Course Design 7/11/11 Marjorie Vai talks about Essentials of Online Course Design: A Standards-Based Guide the design guidebook she wrote with Kristen Sosulski. The book uses a step-by-step approach to online teaching, instructional design … Continue reading →

OTO 15 Integrating online multimedia into the curriculum

Eric — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:34:21 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 15: Integrating online multimedia into the curriculum Originally published 7/5/11 Prof. Michael Miller talks about his MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) article A System for Integrating Online Multimedia into College Curriculum (Vol. 7, No. 2, … Continue reading →

OTO 14 Online teaching techniques with Staci Trekles

Eric — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:18:06 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 14: Online teaching techniques with Prof. Staci Trekles Originally published 6/30/11 Prof. Staci Trekles talks about teaching online using project-based learning, discussions and more. Staci is also the author of Putting People First: Human Issues in Instructional Technology. … Continue reading →

OTO 13 Dr. Curt Bonk, The World is Open

Eric — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:09:57 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 13: Dr. Curt Bonk 6/23/11 Dr. Curt Bonk author of The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education talks about online teaching and learning. The World is Open also has a website with resources, … Continue reading →

OTO 12 National Repository of Online Courses with Dr. Gary Lopez

Eric — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:00:48 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 12: National Repository of Online Courses with Dr. Gary Lopez 6/14/11 Gary Lopez, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Monterey Institute for Technology in Education. Dr. Lopez is an experienced educator, business leader and author … Continue reading →

OTO 11 Moodle teaching techniques with Dr. Susan Smith Nash

Eric — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:41:27 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 11: Moodle teaching techniques with Dr. Susan Smith Nash 6/7/11 Dr. Susan Smith Nash talks about Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques which she wrote with William Rice. She is also the author of E-Learning Success: From Courses to Careers and the book, Leadership … Continue reading →

OTO 10 Speaking about speech-to-text with Dragon’s Peter Mahoney

Eric — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:35:08 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 10: Speaking about speech-to-text with Dragon’s Peter Mahoney 6/2/11 This week we talk with Peter Mahoney, executive vice president at Nuance about their incredibly popular speech-to-text software.

OTO 9 The OWL Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab

Eric — Wed, 25 May 2011 02:32:17 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 9: The OWL, Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab 5/24/11 Purdue University offers one of the most used, cited and loved site for online teachers and students alike. The Online Writing Lab, or OWL, is a very … Continue reading →

OTO 8 Teaching strategies with Dr. Jason Rhode

Eric — Fri, 06 May 2011 02:26:53 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 8: Teaching strategies with Dr. Jason Rhode 5/5/11 Dr. Jason Rhode is the Assistant Director of the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University. He develops and offer training programs and support faculty … Continue reading →

OTO 7 Dr. Roger McHaney The Digital Shoreline

Eric — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:21:53 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 7: Dr. Roger McHaney The Digital Shoreline 4/16/11 In this week’s podcast we interview Dr. Roger McHaney, professor of management information systems and distinguished teaching scholar At Kansas State University. Professor McHaney is the author of … Continue reading →

OTO 6 Web 2.0 teaching tools

Eric — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:17:51 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 6: Web 2.0 teaching tools 4/4/11 What are the best web 2.0 tools for teaching? In this episode we talk about Staci’s recent presentation of Web 2.0 teaching tools. In this follow-up we talk about collaborative … Continue reading →

OTO 5 Online Nursing education with Dr. Lisa Hopp

Eric — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:13:55 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 5: Online Nursing education with Dr. Lisa Hopp 4/1/11 We talk to Dr. Lisa Hopp of Purdue University Calumet’s School of Nursing about distance education, nursing education and the future of online teaching. Dr. Hopp is … Continue reading →

OTO 4 Richard Felder on learning styles

Eric — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:10:15 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 4: Richard Felder on learning styles 3/25/11 In this episode we talk with Dr. Richard M. Felder, about learning styles. Dr. Felder co-developed (with Barbara A. Soloman) an online instrument called the Index of Learning Styles that assesses student learning preferences … Continue reading →

OTO 3 Learning styles

Eric — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:00:13 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 3: Learning styles Originally published: 3/20/11 Teaching students online requires a great deal of knowledge about who they are and what they will and can learn. Learning styles are one type of indicator of student learning … Continue reading →

OTO 2 Teaching skills

Eric — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:59:20 +0000

On Teaching Online podcast 2: Teaching skills Originally released 3/9/11 What teaching skills are needed to teach online?

OTO 1 Introductions

Eric — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:24:53 +0000

OTO 1 Introductions First published 2/28/11 This was the first of the first series of podcasts where we talk about what and why we got involved with online teaching and learning.