We will continue to compile resources throughout the course and share below. This section will be a work in progress. All of these resources are free. This section was last updated May 31, 2020.
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Planning and Design
- Tanya Joosten – Transforming Your Course
- Matt Crosslin – An Emergency Guide (of sorts) to Getting This Week’s Class Online in About an Hour (or so)
Selecting Teaching Technologies
- Negin Mirriahi – Selecting Technology
- Justin T. Dellinger – Some Common Tools
Fostering Online Interaction
- George Siemens – Active Learning
- Negin Mirriahi – Fostering Interaction
Assessment and Evaluation
- Matt Crosslin – Assessment and Evaluation
- Tanya Joosten – Transforming Your Course
Sample templates:
- Tanya’s Discussion Rubric
- Tanya’s Sample Teamwork Project Rubric – PDF and Word
- Matt’s Open Rubric
- Sample Course Week Template – Canvas Commons version, a Google Doc version, or a Microsoft Word doc version
Emergency help for moving online:
- Crosslin, M. (2020). An Emergency Guide (of sorts) to Getting This Week’s Class Online in About an Hour (or so)
- Cormier, D. (2020). Online Learning Resources for People Moving Online in a Hurry.
- Quality Matters Emergency Remote Checklist
- University of Cape Town’s Low Tech Remote Teaching Do’s and Don’ts
- Joosten, T. (2020). K-12 Research and Resources for Instruction and Remote Learning:
General help for moving online/blended (Multiple Topics):
- Bates, T. (2019). Teaching in a Digital Age.
- Crosslin, M., et al. (2019). Creating Online Learning Experiences.
- Joosten, T. (2020). Online Course Quality Indicators.
- Joosten, T. (2020). Online Learning Readiness.
- Joosten, T. (2016). Designing for Engagement.
- Joosten, T. (2016). Communication is the Key in Learning.
- Joosten, T. (2014). Student Perceptions of Course Design.
- Joosten, T. (2014). Evaluation Course Design, Instrumentation.
- Joosten, T. (2013). 10 Key Questions for Online and Blended Course Design.
- Joosten, T. (2010). Course Evaluation Checklist for Online and Blended Courses.
- Joosten, T. (2010). Syllabus Checklist for Blended and Online Courses.
- Joosten, T. (2015). The secret is the blend. Inside Higher Ed.
- Joosten, T. (2015). Why do blended? Learning Technology…Juice.
- Examples of Backwards Design:
- Learning to Teach Online Case Studies – University of New South Wales
- Sharif, A. (2016). Online/Blended Learning Course Quality Checklist – University of British Columbia
Accessibility:
Assessment:
- Joosten, T. (2009). Assessment Plan Checklist.
- Matrix of Online Tools for Assessment
- Example Questions from Blackboard
- Crosslin et al. (2020). Measuring student learning in online courses: Assessment strategies that work (slides)
Community of Inquiry Framework
Content:
Copyright, Creative Commons, Public Domain
- Australian Copyright Council
- How Long Does Copyright Last?
- Fair use and copyright consideration for video in online and blended courses (Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- About Creative Commons Licenses
- Choose a Creative Commons License
- More about Creative Commons Licenses
- How to Attribute Creative Commons – Creative Commons Australia
- How to Attribute Creative Commons Photos – Foter
- Understanding Creative Commons – University of New South Wales
- Public Domain Pictures
Humanizing Online
- Kilgore, W., et al. (2016). Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning.
- Pacansky-Brock, M. (2020). How to Humanize Your Online Class.
Open Educational Resources
- MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
- University of Leicester’s OER Repository
- Jorum (Learning to Share)
- OER Commons
- Open Educational Resources (Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- Joosten, T. (2012). Reading is a privilege?
- Open Educational Conference – #OER20 hashtag on Twitter and conference website
Resources for Creating
- Creative Commons Search Browser Extension
- Plan It! Let’s Make Multimedia – University of British Columbia
- Toolkits – DIY Media – University of British Columbia
- Murphy, D. (2020). Turn Your Quarantine Video Chats into a Podcast
Goals, objectives, and competencies:
- Crosslin, M. (2019). Goals, Objectives, and Competencies.
- Joosten, T. (2011). Linking Course Activities to Student Learning Outcomes.
Labs:
- Online Resources for Science Labs (Crowdsourced)
- Miller, S. (2020). Digital Options for Teaching Tiny Earth Labs and Activities
- Beetles. (2020). Principles to Guide Design of Outdoor Science and Environmental Education Distance Learning Experiences
Selecting online tools/technologies:
- Learning Management System or the Open Web
- Matrix of Online Tools for Assessment
- Selecting Technologies – University of New South Wales
- Weller, M. (2020). 25 Years of Ed Tech. Athabasca University Press. (Free Book)
- Creative HTML5 Content
- WordPress