I just spent six weeks with an eLearning director...

Watch this short film and see what I learned about online education; past, present and future.

Eliciting class participation - good article in today’s Faculty Focus

US Dept of Education finances National Center for Advanced Research and Information in Digital Technologies

Here's a short podcast with Karen Cator, director of the Office of Educational Technology.  Thanks Dr. Leslie Hitch for sharing this:

What does acting have to do with teaching?

I took this quote from my favorite professor at Northeastern University. – JM

“Being a good teacher is to elicit knowledge from all of available resources, class readings, video, teacher knowledge and experience, and student prior knowledge and experience...I'd have to say that with each online class that I've taken I've learned a lot about what I think works in this environment and what does not work, and so in my experiences teaching online and hybrid classes at the K-12 and higher education level I've learned from experience as a student how best to perform as a teacher.  I think that one needs to be both a teacher and a student to truly master both.  Similar to my advice to students about acting in front of and behind the camera...one will become a better actress if she learns how difficult it is to be on the other side, and vice versa.”

Patrick Daly
Professor, Northeastern University (and lifelong student)