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My Favorite Indie Games for Education

By: Tahnja Wilson

February 14, 2015

 In June, I was fortunate to again attend the Games for Change (G4C) festival in New York. As in past years, the highlight for me was hearing indie developers talk about how their game vision was realized by conscious selection of various storyt ...

Managing and Facilitating Discussions

By: Marisa Ruiz

April 24, 2020

Building Community with Discussion As an instructor, you can leverage discussions to build community in digitally enhanced courses. A satisfying digital learning experience includes opportunities for students to interact with their peers and sha ...

An Introduction to Podcasting for Online Courses

By: Tamara Mitchell

April 7, 2021

As technology capabilities increase, so does our ability to meet students where they are and accommodate different learning needs. Using podcasts as supplemental learning materials in courses offer a way to reach students in their daily lives. Studen ...

Sample Syllabus Quiz Questions

By: Tracy Smith

December 16, 2013

A syllabus quiz acts as a contract to verify understanding of important elements of the syllabus. The purpose of a syllabus quiz is not only to familiarize students with the syllabus content, but also gives students a chance to reflect on questions t ...

Setting the Stage for Meaningful Peer-to-Peer Feedback

By: Peter Van Leusen

September 12, 2013

Although many instructors integrate group-based or team-based learning activities into their teaching (see TeachOnline post on The Value of Group Work), getting students to actually provide meaningful peer-to-peer feedback can be challenging. Too oft ...

A “No-cost Course” Means New Solutions for Accessible, High-quality Material [1]

By: Jill Roter

March 10, 2021

This article is a part of the What Does it Mean to Design for Scale? series.Everyone loves a good textbook, right? Or an online article, and a relevant YouTube video or two to get the point across? But implementing these resources can either be costl ...

9 Proven Ways for Instructors to Address Online Student Retention

By: Peter Van Leusen

August 18, 2018

With accessibility to online education increasing, the retention of online students has become a concern of academic leaders in higher education (Allen & Seaman, 2015). As a result, many universities have launched initiatives to improve course co ...

Are my students really getting it? CATs will show you the way.

By: Peter Van Leusen

July 9, 2014

In a previous post (see Gauging Student Understanding: CATs are puuuuur-fect), we introduced instructors to the idea of using Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) by Angelo and Cross (1983) to check whether students understand a certain concept. To ...

How to Make Virtual Office Hours Work for You and Your Students

By: Brendan Lake

March 10, 2021

Summary: In this article we’ll explore strategies to manage expectations, promote access, and clarify value to students to drive successful virtual office hours.Author: Brendan Lake, D.M.A., M.Ed., is a senior instructional designer with ASU Online a ...