Craig's Links
For my annotated links, I created the original version as a Google Document. I did this because it was easier for me to include screenshots of the various types of Learning Management Systems then trying to post the screenshots to this site. I have the link for you below if you would like to view the images. I also took a different approach to Annotations. All of the resources have links back to the orignianal site or source cited. This will enable YOU the user to interact with the source/site. I have also varied the way I have annotated each of the resources. For some of the resources, I have added my own brief annotation and others I have linked in a short video explaining the benefits of the resource. I belief that this will ENGAGE you the user more than me going into great detail about each resource.
Google Document Link:
Blackboard
Learning Management Systems help support the following:
Principle 1: Good Practice Encourages Student-Faculty Contact
Principle 2: Good Practice Encourages Cooperation Among Students
Principle 3: Good Practice Encourages Active Learning
Principle 5: Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task
The Organization tools enable teachers to provide their students with adequate deadlines
Google Document Link:
Blackboard
- Provides teachers places to post announcements concerning classes, the syllabus, as well as the content of the course. All of these promote communication between teachers and students. There are a variety tools available such as blogs and discussion boards to promote collaborative learning.
- Angel and Blackboard are similar LMSs, Blackboard is the parent company of Angel and has similar features.
- (No screen shot was availble for me for RCampus).
- The website provides readers with vital information on their use in the classroom.
- This article discusses the amount of time it takes to teach an online course. The article relates to the LMS portion of this project because most of the LMS's discussed make for a one stop shop for the teacher to interact and assess their students. The article found "The data collected across the three courses were fairly consistent and indicated that teaching courses online requires between 3 ½ and 7 hours per week. The graduate level course required 30 – 45 minutes per week longer that the introductory courses. However the time commitment is within reasonable expectations, but unlike live courses that meet between 1 and 3 times per week, the instructor needs to be online and available to students each day. Participating in and grading the online discussions takes the greatest amount of time, however, the discussions show that the students posted 4 to 5 times as many messages as the instructor. Consequently, consistent with principles of effective instruction, students had more opportunities to respond and interact in the online courses than in live, lecture-type courses."
Learning Management Systems help support the following:
Principle 1: Good Practice Encourages Student-Faculty Contact
- Discussion Boards and Email encourage student and faculty correspondence.
Principle 2: Good Practice Encourages Cooperation Among Students
- Most LMS have discussion boards so that students can work together on projects, providing each other with feedback.
Principle 3: Good Practice Encourages Active Learning
- LMS does not allow for students to be passive learners but actively engaged in their learning.
Principle 5: Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task
The Organization tools enable teachers to provide their students with adequate deadlines
Katie's Links
Cooper, L. "Online Courses- Tips for making them work." The Journal: Transforming Education Through Technology (Mar.2000): 1-6. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://thejournal.com/Articles/2000/03/ 01/Online-Courses--Tips-for-Making-Them-Work.aspx>.
This article from a scholarly journal was first printed in 2000, but is currently online. It is written by a person who has experience teaching online. He offers a some tips for teachers who are interested in teaching using a CMS. Some of the tips he offers in this article include: how to set up your online class for success, the importance of teacher/student communication and importance of student/student communication, individualized instruction, and setting up a learning community for all students. This article will be used in the "pedagogy" and "best practices" section because it offers many tips to help teachers in setting up their onlineclassrooms for success.
Evers, Loren. "Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning." YouTube. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=EIu8e3I67HQ&feature=related>.
This video is presented by Loren Evers, a teacher at Bethel College. The lecture was given to a communications class. It covers the basics of teaching pedagogy, including Bloom's Taxonomyand Chickering and Gamson's principles of authentic learning. Evers then goes on to explain the use of these in the world of online education. He offers the tools available in online education and stresses that Bloom's Taxonomy and the principles of authentic learning need to be considered/implemented in online learning/teaching. This will be used in the pedagogy section of the SIG project.
Graham, Charles, Kursat Cagiltay, Byung-Ro Lim, Joni Craner, and Thomas M. Duffy "Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses" The Technology Source, March/April 2001. 25 April 2010. <http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1034>.
This source was used in the pedagogy section for the traditional strategies for education.
"Instructional Strategies for Online Courses." Illinois Online Network: Supporting Online Education Throughout the World. University of Illinois, 25 Apr. 2010. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies.asp>.
This article is from the University of Illinois Online Education Site and provides a wealth of information about best practices in teaching online courses. It was used for a large amount of information in the pedagogy section, especially in the instructional strategies and teaching to multiple learning styles section.
Junaidu, Sahalu, and Jarallah AlGhamdi. "Tips for Developing Media-rich Online Courses." USDLA Journal: A Refereed Journal of the United States Distance Learning Association. Education at a Distance, 26 Sept. 2002. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.usdla.org/html/journal/DEC02_Issue/ article03.html>.
This article presented the essential features a good and effective online course includes. This includes engaging learners, tools that can be used to deliver content and communicate with students, and course management suggestions. This will be used in the pedagogy section of the SIGproject.
Stephenson, Johns, ed. Teaching and Learning Online: Pedagogies for new Technologies. London: Kogan Page Limited, 2001. N.pag. Print.
This source is a book that offers a wealth of information on online teaching strategies and setting up a CMS. Although it was published in 2001, the information is relevant today. This book was used as the main source for the "pedagogy" section of the SIG project, as it covers many aspects of online teaching including the following:Research on online learning and pedagogy, facilitation of online learning, development of critical thinking skills,teacher effetiveness and online learning, adopting a pedagogy, designing online learnign opportunities, course design, and learner-managed learning.
Whitby, Greg. 21st Century Pedagogy. YouTube. Catholic Diocese of Parramatta, 29 Sept. 2007. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l72UFXqa8ZU&feature=related>.
This is used as the introductory video to the pedagogy section of the project. It is told from Greg Whitby's perspective. He is an executive director of schools and is an advocate for technology being used in schools. He stresses in this video that is important for teachers to develop a new pedagogical dna to teach students to live in the world of today and tomorrow. It is inspirational and attention grabbing.
In addition, the following sites were linked to in the pedagogy section for e-teachers and e-learners:
What makes an successful online student? and "What makes a Successful Online Facilitator?"
This article from a scholarly journal was first printed in 2000, but is currently online. It is written by a person who has experience teaching online. He offers a some tips for teachers who are interested in teaching using a CMS. Some of the tips he offers in this article include: how to set up your online class for success, the importance of teacher/student communication and importance of student/student communication, individualized instruction, and setting up a learning community for all students. This article will be used in the "pedagogy" and "best practices" section because it offers many tips to help teachers in setting up their onlineclassrooms for success.
Evers, Loren. "Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning." YouTube. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=EIu8e3I67HQ&feature=related>.
This video is presented by Loren Evers, a teacher at Bethel College. The lecture was given to a communications class. It covers the basics of teaching pedagogy, including Bloom's Taxonomyand Chickering and Gamson's principles of authentic learning. Evers then goes on to explain the use of these in the world of online education. He offers the tools available in online education and stresses that Bloom's Taxonomy and the principles of authentic learning need to be considered/implemented in online learning/teaching. This will be used in the pedagogy section of the SIG project.
Graham, Charles, Kursat Cagiltay, Byung-Ro Lim, Joni Craner, and Thomas M. Duffy "Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses" The Technology Source, March/April 2001. 25 April 2010. <http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1034>.
This source was used in the pedagogy section for the traditional strategies for education.
"Instructional Strategies for Online Courses." Illinois Online Network: Supporting Online Education Throughout the World. University of Illinois, 25 Apr. 2010. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies.asp>.
This article is from the University of Illinois Online Education Site and provides a wealth of information about best practices in teaching online courses. It was used for a large amount of information in the pedagogy section, especially in the instructional strategies and teaching to multiple learning styles section.
Junaidu, Sahalu, and Jarallah AlGhamdi. "Tips for Developing Media-rich Online Courses." USDLA Journal: A Refereed Journal of the United States Distance Learning Association. Education at a Distance, 26 Sept. 2002. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.usdla.org/html/journal/DEC02_Issue/ article03.html>.
This article presented the essential features a good and effective online course includes. This includes engaging learners, tools that can be used to deliver content and communicate with students, and course management suggestions. This will be used in the pedagogy section of the SIGproject.
Stephenson, Johns, ed. Teaching and Learning Online: Pedagogies for new Technologies. London: Kogan Page Limited, 2001. N.pag. Print.
This source is a book that offers a wealth of information on online teaching strategies and setting up a CMS. Although it was published in 2001, the information is relevant today. This book was used as the main source for the "pedagogy" section of the SIG project, as it covers many aspects of online teaching including the following:Research on online learning and pedagogy, facilitation of online learning, development of critical thinking skills,teacher effetiveness and online learning, adopting a pedagogy, designing online learnign opportunities, course design, and learner-managed learning.
Whitby, Greg. 21st Century Pedagogy. YouTube. Catholic Diocese of Parramatta, 29 Sept. 2007. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l72UFXqa8ZU&feature=related>.
This is used as the introductory video to the pedagogy section of the project. It is told from Greg Whitby's perspective. He is an executive director of schools and is an advocate for technology being used in schools. He stresses in this video that is important for teachers to develop a new pedagogical dna to teach students to live in the world of today and tomorrow. It is inspirational and attention grabbing.
In addition, the following sites were linked to in the pedagogy section for e-teachers and e-learners:
What makes an successful online student? and "What makes a Successful Online Facilitator?"
Heather Mayernik's Resources
Some resources used in this web site can be found under SIG and various other topics on my delicious bookmarking account.
Delicious Account
These resources were used for the sections titled assessment, virtual schools, how-to guide and myths.
