Instructor-generated video can increase student satisfaction with, and engagement in, online courses. But there are many variables to a video's success. Here are eight tips to help educators…
Video offers a rich, audio-visual means to grab students’ attention and generate discussion, but it can be difficult to know what kind of content to include and when…
Educators have been experimenting with and adopting new learning models now more than ever, as these innovative teaching strategies have the potential to enrich and advance student outcomes.…
With faculty in half of college lecture halls and classrooms now using flipped learning models, it's safe to say the method is no longer just a fad. But…
Crack open most massive open online courses (MOOCs) today and you’ll typically find three things – course documents (syllabi, eTextbooks, calendars), interactive elements (discussions, wikis, assignments, quizzes), and…
“Snowmageddon,” the monster snowstorm that pummeled the East coast of the United States in 2010, caused many universities to close their doors for several days, including James Madison…
Marcio Oliveira could see the benefits of his kinesiology course’s flipped learning approach with every new hand that popped up in the first minute of every class, as…
Jacqueline Moloney wants college students to do less transcribing and more listening. Moloney, head of online learning at UMass Lowell, has overseen an effort to make lecture capture…
College students gave video lectures high marks in a recent survey, although three in 10 students said their parents would be “very upset” if they knew just how…