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"Technology won't replace teachers, but teachers who use technology will probably replace teachers who don't." (Steve Wheeler, http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com)
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From Faculty Focus: You’ve structured your content in purposeful ways and developed thoughtful guiding questions to situate student learning and motivate them. When the class starts, however, you realize that while everything is technically functioning correctly, many of the students are not engaged.
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This chart features best practices used in online courses including tutorials and examples from NMC courses.
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The title of the article emphasizes building community, but many of the points in the article should be applied to your course design.
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Make sure to check out the table at the end of the article.
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This article provides the first steps to get started creating videos for your class. More research on using video in online learning.
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A label serves as a spacer on a Moodle course page. It can be used to add text, images, or multimedia directly on the course page. It is a very versatile resource and can help to improve the appearance of a course if used thoughtfully.
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A web link to items available online such as Google Docs, web pages, images, and documents.
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Use these directions to embed a YouTube or other 3rd party video. To share your own video files, Panopto should be used to host the video.
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This chart features best practices used in online courses including tools to create different items and examples from NMC courses.
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Terri Gustafson and Josie Milliken co-host a conversation with Flower Darby to discuss her passion for effective online teaching practices, making online learning accessible for all students, and the practice of small teaching and engagement with the confines of an LMS.
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This article describes different applications for video in your online class. NMC has our own video repository called Panopto that should be used to share videos with students.
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Did you know that self reflection is a very valid and valuable form of assessment. The EL Domains of Reflection and Sample Reflection Questions may be helpful.
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Knowing the right tools for the job is a big part of designing an effective feedback strategy.
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This chart features best practices used in online courses including tools to create different items and examples from NMC courses.
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"Marry the Idea. Date the technology." ~ Scott Hamm, Abilene Christian University
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See how NMC instructors are using REMIND to communicate with students.
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If you're linking to an external resource from within Moodle please read these instructions to learn how to have those links in a new window so students don't lose their Moodle session.
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"The Database activity allows the teacher and/or students to build, display and search a bank of record entries about any conceivable topic. The format and structure of these entries can be almost unlimited, including images, files, URLs, numbers and text amongst other things." (Moodle.org)
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Create and conduct surveys to collect feedback about a course or an assignment or presentation.
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This chart features best practices used in online courses including tools to create different items and examples from NMC courses.
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If you feel that your Capstone Moodle Shell includes all of the items on the Capstone Requirements Checklist, please paste a link to your course shell in the online text box in this activity. We will review your project shortly and get back to you with feedback. Thanks!
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