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Adding engagement to your online course

Engaging with students can pose a challenge in an online course, but it is perhaps the most important factor in ensuring student success. Our students report high levels of satisfaction in courses in which they feel “heard” by the professor and a part … Continue reading

Posted at 10:10 a.m. March 4, 2015, by in IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips, Teaching Online

Engaging students one-on-one online at Rutgers-Camden

Our own Christie DeCarolis, instructional designer at Rutgers University–Camden, along with Spanish PTL Dana Pilla, presented at the Virtual Sakai Conference 11/7/14. Watch a recording of their engaging presentation on YouTube to learn how Dana and Christie designed a robust … Continue reading

Posted at 2:47 p.m. Dec. 24, 2014, by in IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips

Finding online video for teaching

Rutgers Libraries offer a great resource called Online Video at Rutgers which will give you the lowdown on how to add streaming video resources to your course site. The page gives a set of resources for finding free online video, … Continue reading

Posted at 8:05 a.m. Sept. 8, 2014, by in IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips

MIT researches online lectures: just “chunking” is not enough

These qualities improved online lectures for students: brevity (viewers tune out after six minutes) informality (professors seated at a desk, not standing behind a podium) lively visuals (rather than static PowerPoint slides) fast talkers (the most engaging professors spoke 254 … Continue reading

Posted at 11:44 a.m. Aug. 12, 2014, by in IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips

Student polling applications

last updated Student polling applications allow all students to participate in class, anonymously or for credit. In the past, professors may have required students to purchase clickers, but newer systems allow students to participate with their personal devices in the … Continue reading

Posted at 3:27 p.m. Aug. 7, 2014, by in IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips

Rutgers–Camden’s inaugural eLearning Conference

On April 29, 2014, the Teaching Matters and Assessment Center and Department of Instructional Design & Technology came together to host Rutgers-Camden’s inaugural eLearning Conference. The conference featured brief faculty presentations, during which faculty members shared their experiences in moving … Continue reading

Posted at 3:27 p.m. Jan. 18, 2012, by in IDT Blog: Teaching & Tech Tips
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