MAGNA 20-MINUTE MENTOR
John Orlando
John Orlando serves as the associate director of the faculty resource center at Northcentral University. He has published over 75 articles and delivered over 50 presentations, workshops, and keynotes on online education, teaching with technology, and social media. He is a passionate education consultant, educator, and educational administrator helping teachers learn how to use technology to transform their teaching practice and improve student performance. He served as editor of Online Classroom newsletter prior its merger with The Teaching Professor and remains the lead writer and editor for articles related to online learning. Previously he served as program director for two online masters degrees at Norwich University, the eLearning director at National Life Group, employee development manager at Vertek Corporation, and the senior program director for the University of Vermont Division of Continuing Education.
Orlando holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MS in information assurance from the Norwich University.
Updated 9-17-2019
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Blended and Flipped Learning, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions?
- $49.00 – $199.00
- A properly crafted question can engage students' interest, foster ideas and contributions from other students, and, in little time, 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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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback
- How Can I Use Voice Feedback to Improve Student Learning?
- $49.00 – $199.00
- 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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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback
- How Can Screencasted Feedback Enhance Student Comprehension?
- $99.00 – $199.00
- It's proven that feedback is one of the most important influences on improving performance and student learning. Screencasting provides faculty a simple, efficient, and effective way to provide personal feedback, which allows the student to better understand the nuances of the comments and the points the instructor is communicating.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Cost-Effectively Use Virtual Reality to Enhance Instruction?
- $99.00 – $199.00
- Virtual reality is an effective enhancement to classroom instruction that brings experiences to students beyond the lecture or textbook. Many teachers assume the equipment to view virtual reality content is expensive, however, there are dozens of free educational apps, containing hundreds of virtual reality videos that can be viewed through an ordinary cell phone and low-priced Google Cardboard viewers.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- What Are the Secrets to Providing Highly Effective Feedback to Students?
- $99.00 – $199.00
- You'll learn ways to give substantive feedback and recycle comments to save time and effort. You'll see the type of questions that help or hinder student achievement and acquire tips to ignite students curiosity, respect their thinking, and stoke their engagement.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- What Are the Secrets to Making Highly Effective Educational Videos?
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- Learn the process of conceiving, producing, and posting your own educational videos—that doesn't require you to get in front of the camera.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, Mentor Commons, Online Course Delivery and Instruction
- How Can I Add Interactivity to My Online Content?
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- Discover the two types of memory and the key roles they play in learning and become familiar with the tools to prepare your own interactive online content. A series of embedded screenshots demonstrates these tools in action.
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