Is the medium the message?
Dr. R. Lynn Rainard, Faculty Liaison As instructors prepare for peer reviews I have the opportunity to look at online courses and offer insight. In a previous email I pondered the concept of...
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Virginia Zillges,Dean of eLearning,Center for eLearning In response to feedback from faculty, The Center for eLearning has recently revised our Faculty drop down menu for easier navigation...
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Center for eLearning Website UpdatesIn order to ease navigation, the Center for eLearning has recently updated the Faculty section of the eLearning website. You may navigate from the main page or hover...
View ArticleBehind the Flipped Classroom: Student-centered active learning
By Virginia Zillges, Dean of eLearning, Center for eLearning Virginia ZillgesDean of eLearning,Center for eLearning While the term “flipped classroom” has become a popular learning environment in...
View ArticleSearch Term…. “10 Best Teaching Practices”
Dr. Marsha Jurewicz, Coordinator of eLearning Design and Development Have you ever searched for best practices online? A simple query for “10 best teaching practices” alone generates 211,000,000+...
View ArticleQuality Matters Peer Reviews
Dr. R. Lynn Rainard, Faculty Liaison Have you considered the possibility of submitting your course for a peer review? Quality Matters reviews build upon the concept that quality is a process. Courses...
View ArticleBreaking Myths
Amanda G. Goldstein, Instructional Designer As a fresh face in the Center for eLearning, I have the unique opportunity to look at our processes from an informed, but curious viewpoint. Over the past...
View ArticleSARA: Authorizing Quality Distance Education Courses across States
Virginia Zillges Dean of eLearning, Center for eLearning Tidewater Community College joined the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) in January of 2015. By joining SARA, institutions agree...
View ArticleBlackboard Workshops
Amanda G. Goldstein, Instructional Designer With all learning technologies, software updates create learning opportunities for their users. To be effective instructors, we must seek out ways to stay...
View ArticleCollegial Conversations about Teaching and eLearning
Virginia Zillges Dean of eLearning, Center for eLearning At this year’s Fall Convocation, I had the privilege of giving the presentation Making Peer Review Meaningful for Faculty. One exercise involved...
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