Sharon O'Malley
Inside Higher Ed
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Which is better -- reading in print or on-screen?
A scholarly report states students may not comprehend complex text in a digital format as well as in print. Other educators argue both formats have value. → Read More
What do instructional designers do?
The field has been around for 75 years, but many still wonder what instructional designers -- who are gaining acceptance in higher ed -- do. → Read More
Ideas for Building an Online Community
Let students get to know you, require interaction and other strategies. → Read More
Educational games expand classroom learning
Educational video games offer active learning that some instructors say is hard to replicate in a traditional classroom. → Read More
7 guidelines for effective teaching online
Four authors of books about online course development offer guidelines for engaging learners in distance education courses. → Read More
Smithsonian Institution providing digital archives and materials for college courses
Smithsonian Institution partnership provides students opportunity to learn from museum system's expansive online collections. → Read More
Colleges offer online summer courses for residential students
Colleges find their own residential students are good targets for distance learning this time of year, with education and financial payoffs. → Read More
Notre Dame offers its first graduate online program
Notre Dame to launch its first online master’s. University joins growing number of institutions opting to outsource online course development on fee-for-service basis. → Read More
Maryville U offers intensive iPad training for faculty members
Administrators at the Missouri university realized that an initiative to give every student an iPad wouldn't pay off if professors didn't buy in. Its hefty investment in training has been rewarded with significant adoption and strong student results. → Read More