Category: Online Courses

White Paper: The Flipped Classroom

Students increasingly expect a classroom experience that helps them develop knowledge for themselves, not just passively receive one-dimensional information.

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eCollege Face Lift

A&M-Commerce online courses will have a fresh new look. The function and features are all the same and work the same as before. Only the colors and icons have been updated. The Faculty Center for Teaching with Technology and eCollege will roll-out the new online course design in the May Mini, Summer I, and Summer …

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BLOG: Academic integrity and online education

Cheating. It’s an age-old problem for educators. Regardless of the form and function of the education being administered (whether high tech, low tech, face-to-face, or distance education), there will always be students who attempt to circumvent the system. The folks at facultyfocus.com have posted a report (free to site members) titled “Promoting Academic Integrity in …

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Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium-Sloan C

Next week, the Faculty Center for Teaching with Technology will be hosting Sloan C’s online webcast of the annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning event. Also known as ET4, it offers a wealth of information and insights into technologies and pedagogies impacting online learning. From Sloan’s site, “The Emerging Technologies Symposium is devoted to the …

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Online Accessibility for Students with Disabilities

Synopsis of “How to Session” for Accessibility. Hardware, software, and techniques to use in creating an online course were discussed. The technologies presented were: Screen Readers: Kurzweil 3000 JAWS-PC Voice Over-Mac Speech to Text Dragon Naturally Speaking-PC Dragon Dictate-Mac Screen Magnification and Color Contrast Zoom Text-PC Mac Screen Magnification Braille Reader/Writer Accessibility Techniques: 1. Alt …

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