Journal of Online Learning Research (JOLR)
The Journal of Online Learning Research (JOLR) has two upcoming special issues:
K-12 Online and Blended Learning for Diverse Learners
Guest Co-Editors: Mary Rice (ricemarya@yahoo.com), Mark Deschaine, Daryl Mellard
Manuscripts Due: October 20, 2017
Instructional Design in K-12 Online and Blended Learning Environments
Guest Co-Editors: Christopher P. Rozitis (crozitis@gmail.com), Khendum...
Stream live video with YouTube
The following video shows you the steps to setting up your computer for conducting a live video stream with YouTube.
You will need to be in good standing with YouTube and download the Open Broadcaster Software software from https://obsproject.com
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Instructional Design Models – The Pebble-in-the-Pond model
Recently, instructional design has come under attack from a variety of angles. Many instructional designers today are veering away from linear models of instructional design, such as the ADDIE, to newer ones that look at the principles of instructional design and not the procedures. Two academics, Sims and Merrill, are currently approaching instructional design through their own models.
Silber (2010)...
Theories of Distance Education
“The term instructional design refers to the systematic and reflective process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials, activities, information resources, and evaluation” (Smith & Ragan, 2005, p. 4). Merrill (2007) used the term designer-by-assignment for individuals with content expertise and no instructional design training. Designers-by-assignment...
Instructional Technologies used in K-12 Education
Distance education has been available to K-12 students for over 100 years, and though distance education technologies have changed over the years, some of the original technologies are still being used. The technologies that have been used in K-12 distance education are described in the below figure. Distance education technologies began with instructional films then moved on to print or correspondence,...
Paris Massacres
In a face-to-face classroom, you can easily moderate a discussion on the Paris Massacres that occurred on Friday, November 13, 2015.
The question is, how do you moderate an emotional (anger-filled, confusing, etc.) discussion topic, in a continuing enrolling online class (students starting and finishing at their pace)?
Do you have a discussion within your online class or as a whole school? Russel Tarr...
Exams and quizzes
Exams and quizzes are methods through which to determine the proficiency of the learner. Exams can be written face-to-face (F2F) or online. I have my students in my academic courses complete both F2F and online quizzes. My non-academic classes are project based and do not have any F2F exams, however, they do have online quizzes. Having online auto-graded quizzes provides immediate feedback to the learner...
Where do you get your content?
Twelve steps for making the content relevant, up-to-date, and appropriate to student level. (These are from Online Course Improvement Program from New Mexico State University.)
Verify content, materials, and resources align to learning objectives.
Verify content, materials, and resources relate to the course.
Properly cite resources and materials including copyright.
Confirm materials and resources...
Assignments
“The design of assignments, that is, the actions required to complete them, shapes the learning that results. We know this, but do we make the most of what we know when we design and select assignments?” (Welmir, 2015).
Read the following blog post:
6 reasons it’s important to create your own online assessments
Online assessment saves teachers’ time.
It makes student thinking...
Writing Objectives
The following information is from Marzano, R. (2009). Designing & teaching learning goal & objectives. Marzano Research Laboratory. Bloomington, IN
The words objectives and goals have been used to mean the same thing and for others they have different meanings. Even research tends to use them interchangeably. See http://www.diffen.com/difference/Goal_vs_Objective for one comparison.
Objectives...