EDU760: E-Learning for Educators
Tools of Online Learning and Teaching Success
This course was a wonderful introduction to e-learning and online teaching. I was introduced to the concepts of building community and engaging learners in the online environment. Assessment was a topic that was covered in terms of surveys and quizzes. A lot of what I did in this class was to discover the plethora of web tools available to online instructors, from Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Moodle to Google's Custom Search tool. I also set up an account with Diigo, which is a social networking and resource sharing website.
This was my first online course. I came into the class with the expectation of a lot of reading and writing papers, as I had heard from others who took online classes at different schools. Instead I got to be a part of a well-organized, interactive class. It was exciting.
In this class I learned a great deal about online tools -- and I know this is just the tip of the iceberg! I've broken this down to three areas:
Assessment
Community Building
Finding Resources
Please browse through these. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.
This was my first online course. I came into the class with the expectation of a lot of reading and writing papers, as I had heard from others who took online classes at different schools. Instead I got to be a part of a well-organized, interactive class. It was exciting.
In this class I learned a great deal about online tools -- and I know this is just the tip of the iceberg! I've broken this down to three areas:
Assessment
Community Building
Finding Resources
Please browse through these. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.