Effectiveness in the Classroom

For your reading enjoyment, below are a few recent articles with the general theme of effectiveness in the classroom:

 

“Who Does Screencasting Help the Most?” by Robert Talbert (5/6/13)
From The Chronicle’s “Casting Out Nines” blog:

http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/castingoutnines/2013/05/06/who-does-screencasting-help-the-most/

 

“Charisma Doesn’t Count” by Chris Parr (5/30/13)
From Inside Higher Ed:

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/30/study-finds-students-dont-learn-more-charismatic-lecturers

 

“New Research Effort Aims to Examine Effectiveness of MOOCs” by Sara Grossman (6/10/13)
From The Chronicle’s “Wired Campus” blog:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/new-research-effort-aims-to-examine-effectiveness-of-moocs/44217

CCCOnline CONNECT Conference - Save the Date and Call for Proposals

CCCOnline is very pleased to cordially invite you to attend the CCCOnline CONNECT conference on Friday, October 4th, 2013. 

This year we are introducing CCCOnline CONNECT, a new branding of our annual CCCOnline conference. Along with this new brand comes an increased focus on connecting our instructors with new innovation and inspiration in online teaching and learning. CCCOnline CONNECT is a free, one-day event drawing around 300 instructors from CCCOnline and other colleges in the Colorado Community College system.  This annual event is an important opportunity for our online instructors to meet face to face to engage with each other and with new ideas in eLearning innovation. The conference will include presentations on the current state of CCCOnline, headlining presentations by keynote speakers, and breakout sessions by CCCOnline instructors and staff members on teaching and learning strategies, pedagogy, and technology. 

We invite you to be a part of CCCOnline CONNECT to collaborate with your CCCOnline colleagues and gain new ideas and inspiration for your online teaching. Stay tuned for more details on keynote speakers, break-out presentations, and registration information. 

In addition, we invite you to share your experiences and ideas by presenting at CCCOnline CONNECT. Our instructors' experiences in CCCOnline classrooms are an invaluable resource for all of CCCOnline and we are eager to learn from you. You can submit your presentation proposal by filling out the Call for Proposals form, here: http://media.ccconline.org/ccco/ccconline_connect_conference_2013/connect_2013_callforproposals.docx and emailing the completed form to Sean Renner at sean.renner@cccs.edu. 

We look forward to seeing you at CONNECT this year!

Sean

More MOOC Opportunities This Summer

If you’re interested in the Games Based Learning Summer MOOC opportunities, please find more information here (note the Part I course starts June 3):
http://ccconlinefacultynews.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-games-mooc.html

Speaking of MOOCs, you may be interested in this recent Chronicle article:
“What Professors Can Learn from ‘Hard Core’ MOOC Students” (Jeffrey R. Young, 5/20/13):
http://chronicle.com/article/What-Professors-Can-Learn-From/139367/?cid=wb

Comments, as always, are welcome in the CCCOnline Community!

Online Teaching & Learning Articles

This week, we offer a few recent articles pertinent to online teaching and learning; enjoy!

“Paying Attention in the Digital Age” by Nigel Thrift (5/16/13)
From The Chronicle’s “WorldWise” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/paying-attention-in-the-digital-age/32331

“Q&A: Howard Rheingold on Using Technology to Take Learning into Our Own Hands” by Heather Chaplin (5/14/13)
From the MacArthur Foundation’s Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning:
http://spotlight.macfound.org/featured-stories/entry/qa-howard-rheingold-on-using-technology-to-take-learning-into-our-own-hands/

“50 Education Technology Tools You Can Start Using Today” by Jeff Dunn (4/15/13)
From Edudemic:
http://edudemic.com/2013/04/50-education-technology-tools-you-can-start-using-today/

“The Skills Both Online Students and Teachers Must Have” by Todd A. Hitchcock (3/27/13)
From Edudemic:
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/the-skills-both-online-students-and-teachers-must-have/

Cool Tools Presentation

At the recent eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLcc) Conference, our own Beth Kitts and Brenda Perea presented a popular session on “cool tools” (that is, an expert list of the latest and greatest tools you might like to use as you teach online).  Here’s the link to their Prezi:
http://tinyurl.com/2013cooltools

Feel free to share your own favorite “cool tools” in the CCCOnline Community!