Inspired by a Conference Lately?

Have you been inspired lately by a good conference?

The eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLcc) recently held their annual conference, and below are a few “food for thought” tidbits from some sessions.  In the CCCOnline Community, feel free to contribute anything you’ve learned recently from a good conference, f2f or online.

--Dunbar’s number = 150 (the number of people with whom a person can reasonably interact); relevant in social networking and perhaps eLearning/MOOCs

--Peer reviewers/mentors can help struggling online instructors

--Online student teams can work: need to have ground rules established right away

--Embedded librarians make a difference: students feel more connected to a course and comfortable with librarians

--Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) can be useful for faculty or students (a PLE can compile social-media networks, organizations, articles, courses, etc., around a specific learning goal)

--Multi-generational teaching: helpful to ask adults for their life experience (they need to feel their prior experience is valuable); youngest (Millennial) students respond well to structured assignments with tight deadlines

Helping Students Succeed Online

Click below for a post from Edudemic that includes an interesting infographic: “Adapting to Online Learning.” http://edudemic.com/2013/04/the-characteristics-of-a-successful-online-student/

(The infographic is based on the study from Columbia University’s Community College Research Center that was mentioned recently on this blog.)  

 Of course, the online classroom can be a challenging learning environment for students; have you found, within your own classes, any particular strategies that seem to help students "adapt" and succeed? Feel free to share with colleagues in the CCCOnline Community!