10 rules for developing your first online course

These online rules discuss time management, web design and providing content in different formats.

online-learning

Years of helping faculty pass to the dark side of online education have taught me a few simple rules that I brow beat (in a collegial way) into all new online teachers.

Rule 1: Provide Extra Detail in Your Online Syllabus
Most of us spend much of the first day of class going through the syllabus, taking time to elaborate on different points, and answering questions as we go along.…Read More

These online degrees are on the rise

At your next visit to the doctor, your care provider will likely  have earned his or her advanced degree online.

onlinedegreeAs demand for health services booms, odds are increasing that your next visit to the doctor will mean meeting a specialized nurse—one who may have earned his or her advanced degree online through courses similar to more offerings at local colleges.

“With the Affordable Care Act there could be an additional 32 million to 38 million covered with health insurance,” Misericordia University professor and director of graduate nursing Brenda Hage said. “We need to have more advanced practice nurses to care for those people.”

When most people talk of nurses they are thinking of a registered nurse, usually a status obtained with an associates or, increasingly, a bachelor’s degree.…Read More

Interest in hybrid courses on the rise

Hybrid courses combine the benefits of online and face-to-face instruction.
Hybrid courses combine the benefits of online and face-to-face instruction.

Several colleges and universities say they’ve seen double-digit increases in the number of students taking online courses in recent years. Increasingly, some of the online offerings are what’s known as “hybrid” courses, which mix an online experience with traditional classroom learning.

Scott Pilgram is working on his business management degree from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn. Last semester, Pilgram took his first hybrid course.

The class, Linguistics in Society, alternated between classroom work one week and online work the next.…Read More

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