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UCLA Language Materials Project: Language - Lessons

"The Authentic Materials Guide, created by Donna Brinton and Andrea Wong, provides an introduction to Authentic Materials, annotated bibliographies on teaching methodology, and links to online resources for creating lessons. The Guide offers sample lesson plans, which you are welcome to adapt for your own use."

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Should You Add Background Audio to Your E-Learning Courses? » The Rapid eLearning Blog

"Instructional design is about crafting a learning environment to meet specific objectives. Nothing in your course should be accidental or haphazard. All elements that make up the course should be intentional. In that sense you need to ask if the audio you are using will add to or detract from the learning objectives. When does Audio Detract from the Learning?

Some people like to add background audio to their courses because they know that by itself the course content is somewhat boring. So adding some background audio will jazz it up a bit and makes the course exciting and inviting.

Guess what? If the course is boring, adding audio will only make it boring and danceable. You’re best served to spend your time designing the right type of course and spending less time looking for ways to “jazz it up.”"

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AuthorMapper - Scientific Research and Author Locations Globally

"AuthorMapper searches journal articles and plots the location of the authors on a map."

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How To Communicate The Value Of Social Media: The eLearning Coach

"Individuals and organizations gave their responses around the web this month. In case you missed it, here is a roundup of some valuable recommendations."

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Laboratory for Interactive Learning Technologies: Publications

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Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

"Computer Science, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Humanities / Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, Social Sciences, general and Computer Science, general"

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e-i-consulting and Cross-Cultural Consulting

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Ed/ITLib Digital Library → Student Participation Patterns in Online Discussion: Incorporating Constructivist Discussion into Online Courses

"The purpose of this article was to explore student participation patterns in online discussion boards related to their characteristics and question types. The characteristics of students enrolled in an online course and the impact of types of discussion questions on student posts were examined. During the 16 weeks of a course, the participation patterns of 14 students and their 469 posts were analyzed to examine levels of collaboration. Findings suggested that posts stating individual perspectives were dominant regardless of the type of discussion question asked. Higher-order thinking questions yielded more collaborative patterns among students than questions asking the knowledge at the literal level."

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Ed/ITLib Digital Library → Mentoring Professors: A Model for Developing Quality Online Instructors and Courses in Higher Education

"This article presents a four-stage model for mentoring faculty in higher education to deliver high quality online instruction. It provides a timeline that shows the stages of program implementation. Known as the Distance Education Mentoring Program, its major outcomes include certified instructors, student achievement, and the attainment of a competitive advantage in the tight student market for higher education. The program's benefits to the mentor, protégé, and the organization are discussed."

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Symbaloo - start simple

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