Online courses can be examined from two perspectives—what students do in the course and how a professor structures the course. There are a variety of
As teachers embrace digital tools for online learning, many online tools can enhance and facilitate the organization and delivery of courses. Google Docs, Google Sites,
For those of us who continue to teach asynchronous online courses during the 2021-2022 academic year, it’s worth considering how we motivate our students. Reasonably
It is well known that hands-on activities are an inseparable part of the nature of science. Experiments allow learners to understand and engage in a
The importance of well-crafted, thoughtful text to effective online course design can’t be overstated. Assuming your learners are literate, it’s simply the most efficient way
Discussion forums are a foundation of online courses because they serve as a hub for student discussion of a subject. However, many online courses have
We all know that community-based learning, including service-learning, is a high impact practice and effectively engages students by connecting them to both their course content
Field labs, common in natural resource and agricultural education programs, have learning objectives that can be hard to transfer to an online environment. Covid-19 has
One of the key elements to teaching online is effective communication between teacher and student. We would like to think that our communications are the
One of the most important tools instructors have to help establish a productive remote learning experience is one that we do not always talk about: