If you want to offer students the flexibility of an online class while maintaining the personal connection of a face-to-face course, videoconference courses are a great solution.
Here are 7 best practices that we keep in mind when we set up our videoconference courses.
Picture a teenager bent over a videogame, intent to master Level 99 and conquer the world. Contrast that image with the image of a student trying to master a long list of terms for his class in Anatomy & Physiology. Why is the former student so motivated, and the latter is itching to get away?
Game designers make use of certain elements and strategies that draw players into the game and motivate them to keep on playing.
Read on to find out 5 creative ways to incorporate gaming elements into your course.
Whether out of habit or by conscious choice, we all make use of various learning techniques when we attempt to store new information in our long-term memory. But not all study habits are created equal; some may be more effective than others, especially when you factor in the amount of time it takes to implement each one.
Researchers have recently characterized 10 learning techniques according to whether they provide high, moderate, or low utility, based on each technique’s relative efficacy, ease of use, and applicability to a broad range of learning situations.
If your university provides videos lectures for students, you might want to consider transcribing those lectures into text format.
Here are 8 ways that adding lecture transcripts can help your students learn.
What kind of learner are you? Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, or read-write? Check out this infograhic from education infographics to find successful studying tips for your unique studying style.
Using hashtags on Twitter is a great way to collect tweets related to a particular topic. Here are 7 ways you can use hashtags to promote learning and studying in an online environment.
Taking an online course? Here are 10 ways to set up your studying environment for success.
It’s pretty easy for students to click through powerpoint slides or listen to an online lecture, but will the knowledge really stick? How can instructors present course material and design review questions in such a way that students will retain the information?
To shed light on this question, SmartBuilder.com identifies 5 elements that make eLearning most effective:
Planning to use VoiceThread in your online course? Check out these 7 tips to make the most of your assignments.
Take a look at these 20 tips for improving powerpoint presentations:
1. Clarify for your students whether the PowerPoint is repeating the textbook material or supplementary to the textbook material.
2. Create an initial slide with an overview of what students can expect to learn in the PowerPoint presentation.