Teaching Online

If you’re an online educator, creating online video content is no longer an option.  It’s a virtual requirement in today’s online environment, where students expect your curriculum to keep pace with new technologies. Unfortunately, even if faculty would love to make their students happy, most educators don’t understand how to create online video, and budget shortfalls are limiting training opportunities. Learn all about video creation from inception to viewing and discover simple ways to effectively create and deliver online video content.

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College professors know their course material and how to deliver online instruction. What most faculty members don’t understand, however, are the legal risks involved with teaching these distance education classes. We introduce you to the top legal concerns of online programming, explain how to avoid the biggest legal mistakes, and look at ways to safeguard your institution’s distance education offerings.

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Building effective learning experiences for increasingly diverse learners while facing financial constraints is one of the most important challenges higher education faces today. Blended instruction can help, but it takes work to fuse the worlds of face-to-face and online instruction. Veronica Diaz, associate director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, will show you how to make the best of both worlds.

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The curriculum for your online course is finished, but a strong curriculum is only half of the equation. To be successful in online education, you must also pay attention to the manner in which your course is facilitated. We introduce you to Assessing Online Facilitation (AOF) and the carefully-researched structure that makes it such a valuable self assessment and peer evaluation tool.

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At their best, blended learning courses combine the advantages of face-to-face instruction with effective online modules to increase learning while reducing instructor workload. At its worst, blended learning can become an administrative nightmare for professors and a frustrating disappointment to students in the classes. In this Magna White Paper, you will learn 10 key strategies for improving blended learning course design from Ike Shibley, Ph.D., a leader in the field.

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The teachable moment: That fleeting opportunity to forge a real connection with a student. Sometimes the moment is inspired by a flicker of intrinsic interest in a particular topic, sometimes by an authentic and immediate need. Capturing and capitalizing on these teachable moments is at the core of any successful course. Learn how to identify when teachable moments happen and how to design or retrofit online courses to make the most of them.

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Student dissatisfaction, apathy and attrition threaten to derail the progress of online education at many schools. You’ll discover how to address those problems, and how to build proven engagement-boosters into your online programs. We provide a wealth of tips and techniques you can put to work in your online classroom right now.

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Despite all its promise, online education faces serious obstacles.  High drop-out rates and an increasingly skeptical Congress have caused many to question the effectiveness of online education – a disturbing trend in times of tight budgets. This seminar introduces you to the latest methods for leveraging analytics in the instructional design process and ultimately improve your courses.

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How can students work collaboratively if they can’t even show up in the same place at the same time? Fortunately, technology offers some solutions, and there’s one web-based tool in particular that can help you eliminate the scheduling headaches associated with collaborative projects and make them convenient, simple and efficient. We demonstrate how well-suited wiki projects are for collaborative learning, and shares with you a web-based application that’s easy to learn, easy to implement, and absolutely free.

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To thrive in the fast-changing, highly-competitive niche of online education, institutions eagerly explore new learning tools. Synchronous learning–live and interactive chat–is one approach that has been shown to engage students and enhance learning. We provide a thorough handbook for incorporating synchronous elements into online course design–and how real-time chat can take online learning effectiveness to the next level.

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There are ways to effectively adapt your teaching content to the various communication channels available. No matter where you are at on the online teaching spectrum this seminar will supply you with the tools you need to take the next steps toward mastery and effectiveness. This seminar shows you specifically how to add your personality, and engage and interact with students

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Document sharing software is a proven and effective way to facilitate group projects. With capabilities that allow for shared review, editing and other tasks, document sharing improves collaborative learning by making interaction more streamlined, efficient and convenient. It helps accelerate learning and makes group work more meaningful. Learn how to use free programs and setup group projects with this seminar.

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Save time and significantly improve student outcomes by using Voice Feedback. Research shows that students value and are far more likely to incorporate voice feedback in completing their assignments than written feedback. We explain the benefits of using voice feedback and walk you through the process of how to incorporate this approach into your teaching.

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A properly crafted question can engage students’ interest, foster ideas and contributions from other students, and in little time at all help transform what may have been an uninspired or “flat” classroom into a hotbed of learning in which the ideas and comments of one student are quickly built on by another.

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With the availability of VoiceThread, technology that allows educators to host secure conversations using media that include videos, images or presentations, students can now post comments within a lecture itself.  An expert in distance education program development, discusses how VoiceThread can add a whole new element of interaction to an online course.

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Distance education is changing the paradigm of education, so it’s only natural that you must adapt your own personal skills to meet this new dynamic.  This seminar provides tangible, working solutions that you can use to modify your approach and create active learning.

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Plagiarism has always been a thorn in the side of academia. But with the advent of online classrooms, the need to learn new strategies for preventing and detecting plagiarism has never been greater. Why has plagiarism become such a problem? Learn critical strategies to not only detect plagiarism, but also minimize the likelihood of it becoming a problem in your classroom.

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Many familiar forms of assessment don’t work well—or at all—in a web-based format. Assessing students online requires fresh thinking, new ideas, and a willingness to embrace the latest technologies and methods for measuring learning in an online course. This 48-page White Paper delivers updated assessment techniques tailored to the strengths of internet-based learning.

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At its core, VoiceThread is a tool for combining lecture with discussion in rich ways, using an interaction structure roughly similar to social media. We explore how VoiceThread brings an unprecedented level of student involvement and collaboration to online learning.

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If you’re teaching your first online class next semester, and you’re completely confident you know exactly what to do … then you’re probably the first. If, on the other hand, you have more questions than answers, this Magna 20 Minute Mentor program is tailor-made for you. We provide you with a 12-step framework for online teaching success.

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Keeping online students engaged is a whole different ballgame these days will all the distractions from video games to cruising the mall.  Disengagement is becoming a real issue today. We'll help you create an environment where students feel motivated to invest themselves fully in the learning process.

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There’s a new way to deliver fast, focused, high-quality training for your faculty and staff – every week of the school year. It’s the Monday Morning Mentor program from Magna Publications – and you’d be hard-pressed to find anything as practical, convenient and affordable.

Monday Morning Mentor delivers one of our popular 20 Minute Mentor online programs each week of the school year – 16 in the fall, 16 in the spring, 32 weeks in all. In a compact format designed for busy schedules, the programs will deliver focused, fact-filled examinations of issues important to faculty and staff.

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Online Classroom newsletter as been helping educators develop and define the world of online education since its inception in 2003. Issue after issue, we look at the challenges and opportunities presented by this dynamic, fast-growing teaching medium.

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It's not that difficult to move online, and there's an easy, practical, painless way to learn how. Or if you tried teaching online and the results weren't what you expected, here is a way to get you there. Online Courses: Step-by-Step is an online training program that introduces you to critical online teaching concepts. We give you the tools you need to get your classes online successfully.

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Imagine your online students eager for feedback from both you and their fellow classmates; that’s only one well-designed rubric away. Learn how to set up your online course so that your students need to – and want to – connect with their classmates, be in contact you with, and think critically about the subject matter at hand. We will introduce you to ways of creating the perfect rubric for an online course.

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With the increasing popularity of online courses, instructors need to have clear, effective methods of creating, implementing, and grading group projects. Change the perception and the results with this seminar. 

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Success in the teaching of writing rests in part on at least three key factors: Showing students the necessary skills and techniques for improving their writing, encouraging them to take ownership of their growth as writers, and cultivating a healthy rapport between teachers and students that supports individual writing growth. Learn about available instructional technologies for teaching writing effectively as well as some of the latest research findings.

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Education comprises a growing part of the Second Life universe. More and more universities are incorporating Second Life into coursework. Some even conduct classes online in the digital environment. We'll lead you through an introduction and exploration of the teaching potential of Second Life.

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Given the success of First-Year Experience programs in retaining traditional students, it’s reasonable to assume they could have the same impact on distance learners. The question is: How do you do it? How do you create a meaningful online education program? This seminar will provide you with program best practices and insights to help you increase nontraditional student engagement.

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Just as smart phones, Twitter, Facebook and all of Web 2.0 are transforming communication, they’re also changing how teachers teach and students learn. These new technologies could encourage learner-centered teaching and help students learn skills they’ll need to succeed. Discover how to maximize the effectiveness of 21^st century teaching tools with Selecting and Using Technologies in Online & Blended Courses, a 60-minute audio online seminar with noted presenter Tony Bates.

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When it comes to instruction, just “winging it” isn’t any more acceptable in an online classroom than it is in a traditional one. Yet, in the absence of any guidelines or best practices, that’s precisely what many instructors do. Carefully developed guidelines revealed in this seminar can strengthen your instructors’ classroom performance, increase student satisfaction, and enhance your program’s reputation. You will also learn 12 key areas in which you should be establishing concrete, measurable guidelines for instructors.

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When your online course experiences growing pains, it’s understandable if you do, too.  However, panic doesn’t have to be the strategy of choice. 

Find answers in the online audio seminar: Strategies to Manage High Enrollment Online Courses. This online seminar will help you understand the effective strategies and online course space design changes essential for today’s distance learning instructors.

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Online courses are increasingly designed by a team of educators, with the express purpose of creating standardized course content for use over several different units. Instructors who have little or no role in the development process are commonly asked to teach such courses. Overcoming the challenges and capitalizing on the opportunities of standardized course content is critical for every member of the online course team. We bring you field-tested strategies from a leading expert in online courses and distance education.

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Online instruction will continue to grow rapidly on college campuses nationwide. This seminar offers thought-provoking insights on the best ways to structure online courses to promote deeper levels of student understanding. We offer thought-provoking insights on the best ways to structure online courses to promote deeper levels of student understanding.

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Find out what the best web-based tools are for today’s classroom—and how you can integrate them into your courses—in Teaching with Technology, a four-module online course.

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When it comes to academic cheating, we’ve come a long way from the days of writing on one’s palm. Technology makes it possible for students – distance-ed students in particular – to cheat in myriad new ways. Look at the ways students are cheating online and learn about the preventive strategies you can use to help detect and/or prevent cheating. We look at preventive strategies you can use to help detect and/or prevent cheating

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Gain helpful, important insights into strengthening your instructional approach. You are shown how to make more effective learning-design decisions that positively impact the experiences of students. Situation-Based Learning Design (SLBD) is designed for online classrooms but applies to face-to-face teaching as well, and it is appropriate for all subject matter.

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As more schools, faculty and students commit themselves to internet-based learning, it really is important to determine, codify and implement best practices. It’s the best way to ensure that online programs consistently support a school’s commitment to quality, a faculty’s desire to teach effectively, and students’ need for the best possible learning environment. Learn more about the benefits of using and applying online programs on your campus.

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Colleges and universities can build better student connections and address more varied learning styles is by taking advantage of Web 2.0 learning tools. Today many institutions are exploring technologies ranging from photo-sharing sites to blogs to wikis to help them strengthen retention and increase the quality of students’ learning experiences. We'll show you how to develop content using online tools that address multiple learning styles and engage students more effectively.

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Educational simulations, serious games, and virtual worlds are among the most innovative formats now available to higher education innovators. Inherently fascinating, these online platforms can bring realistic and engaging learning opportunities to online courses. An award winning author and designer give you the foundational knowledge you need before selecting or implementing these online platforms in distance education programming at your school.

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Constant change is emerging as the new normal. To survive and thrive, organizations and individuals must be able to adjust, and enhance their knowledge and skills to meet evolving needs. This means the most important thing your students can learn is how to learn. We'll show you how to use technology to engage your students and prepare them for lifelong learning.

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