Making the Leap: 7 Tips for New Online Learners

Will this semester be your first time taking an online course? While a syllabus should outline the technicalities and course navigation, the mental leap from traditional instruction to a virtual classroom can be daunting.

Here are 7 suggestions to make the transition easier.

How To Become a Special Education Teacher [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Are you interested in becoming a Special Education teacher? Want to find out more about the Special Ed career path?

Check out this infographic to find out answers to all your questions!

Salary information for Special Education teachers, Job Outlook, Why You’ll Love Being a Special Ed Teacher, Stats by State, How to Become a Special Education Teacher, and much more!

Facilitating Rich Discussion Board Participation

Discussion Board Participation

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Touro College held a webinar for online faculty and administration as part of a series of webinars for professional development of online faculty. On the webinar, Dr. Gail Bell-Baptiste, Chair of the NYSCAS Education Department, shared tips and tricks for facilitating rich discussion board participation.

Here is a list of discussion board tips mentioned on the webinar. Some of these tips were contributed by the faculty members participating in the webinar.

6 Ways to Use PDF Converter in Online Classes

PDF Converter for online education

PDF conversion tools can help both educators and students present and share their assignments, reports and projects in a universal format that can be viewed on any device without needing to install the native application used for creating the original documents.

Here are six ways online learners and teachers can use PDF converters in online education.