Resources
Click on a title within the resources column to access the page for that resource.
Click the following link to jump directly to Instructional Strategies.
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| You Asked For It! |
- Tutorials in text, video, and audio form covering various techniques in order to provide answers to specific faculty and staff questions.
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| Distance Learning (Blackboard) |
- Online training sessions, step-by-step text tutorials and other web-based resources for implmenting distance learning best-practices.
- In addition, this page contains a "who to contact" menu for related issues.
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Virtual Reality & Simulation
(Web 2.0)
Using fabricated “virtual” environments to simulate real-world or theoretical situations.
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Content Syndication & Podcasting
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Using software tools to deliver updated, user-defined digital content to a central archive.
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Synchronous & Asynchronous Instruction
Synchronous tools are those that occur in real-time between a group of people such as a video conference. Asynchronous tools are those that occur at times defined by the individual, such as a discussion board.
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Blogging, YouTube & Wikis
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User contributed Web 2.0 communication and/or collaboration tools. |
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Social Networking & Communication
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Social networking allows multiple users to maintain groups of friends in the digital world that may otherwise be difficult in the real-world.
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Quality Matters
A formal process of peer-evaluation of distance learning based upon a research-based rubric of key elements that comprise a quality distance education course.
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Open-Source Issues & Web-based Resources
(Web 2.0)
Open-source software defines software that is free and openly available for public consumption, use, and modification. Open-source software often is converted or found in web-resources that mimic commercially available software.
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Creating Multimedia & Progressive Delivery
Screencasting, podcasting, content-syndication, blogging, are all examples of how educators employ Web 2.0 tools in an effort to engage students.
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SMART Classroom Technologies
SMART classrooms employ various SMART tools such as whiteboard, notebook software, lab management software, and response systems to enhance lessons and engagement.
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Active Learning
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Constructivist Learning
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Metacognitive Learning
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Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
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Cooperative Learning
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Learning Styles
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Project Based Learning
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Multiple Intelligences
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Emotional Intelligence
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Service Learning
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