Tweet If you’re wondering what MOOCs are about, here’s a brief overview. All in 1 minute. For fast readers. What is a MOOC? A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. It’s free of charge (‘open’) to whoever wants to sign up (often a massive number of people) and it’s run online. MOOCs have [...]
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Videos: Tips for online tutors
Tweet I’ve blogged about the free Learning to Teach Online video series (LTTO) from the University of New South Wales before. (The original post, which includes 4 other online teaching video resources, is here). What’s especially good about the LTTO videos resource? It includes: a total of 30+videos on a range of online teaching-related issues [...]
Video: More expert advice on webinars
Tweet More tasty morsels from webinar experts around the world, this time sharing tips on how to keep your participants involved and interested during your webinars. Tuck in! If you missed the first course with expert advice on technical issues to watch our for during your webinars, here it is again: Nicky Hockly The Consultants-E [...]
E-book – Webinars: A Cookbook for Educators
Tweet I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my fourth book – and my very first e-book! Webinars: A Cookbook for Educators The book has been cooking for a while. In fact, it’s spent approximately 8 months in the oven. But at last it’s on the table and ready for eating. Giving a good webinar [...]
5 ways to enhance your social presence in online courses
How are present are you as an instructor in your online courses? Research* has shown that tutor presence – the sense of the tutor being there – is a key motivator for online students. The trick is to find the middle ground between being omnipresent (and too stifling), and being invisible (and appearing uninterested ). Here are five things that can help you strike this balance.
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