About Episode 137:
In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning.
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From the Wordlady Blog: “How Do You Say ‘Primer’?”On Wikipedia: “Primer” OverviewResource Links for Each Topic Featured in this EpisodeAccessibility (from perspective of intersecting discourse communities)CommunicationFindings from UCF’s Distributed Learning Impact Evaluation (Dziuban and Moskal)“Regular and Substantive Interaction: Background, Concerns, and Guiding Principles”DesignThrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator(Riggs, 2020)Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (Tobin & Behling, 2018)Advancing Online Teaching: Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments (Kelly & Zakrajsek, 2020)BlendedPracticeFree, open-licensed BlendKit Course The Blended Course Design Workbook: A Practical Guide (Linder, 2016)Essentials for Blended Learning, 2nd Edition: A Standards-Based Guide (Stein & Graham, 2020) ResearchBlended Learning: Research Perspectives (Picciano and Dziuban, 2007)Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Volume 2 (Picciano, Dziuban, and Graham, 2013)Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Volume 3(Picciano, Dziuban, Graham, and Moskal, 2021)Plus… the same authors have a volume on conducting research on blended learning called Conducting Research in Online and Blended Learning Environments: New Pedagogical Frontiers (Dziuban, Picciano, Graham, and Moskal, 2015)Blended University“Planning for a Blended Future: A Research-Driven Guide for Educators” (Joosten et al., 2021)EngagementThe Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) has a whole section on teaching practices related to “Interaction” combining Communication and Engagement. UCF’s “Materia” engagement widgets enginePast TOPcast Episodes Referenced#10: The Iron Triangle: Stimulus for Innovation in Online Ed#21: Accessibility: It’s a Journey, Not a Destination#37: 6 Deadly Sins of Online Teaching#49: “You’re Making Me Crazy!” How to Improve Online Education#65: Preparing for the Post-COVID Future#89: 7 Slogans to Save Online Learning#113: The Three Students You Might Meet in Your Online ClassExtra Special Feature
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