What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. Discussions are an important component of many forms of online student interaction. For students to benefit from an online discussion, it is important for teachers to generate relevant topics, effectively moderate student activity and participate regularly. This episode will highlight several strategies to help you manage online discussions more effectively, and make them more beneficial for your students.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. Copyright and creative commons is particularly important in the educational context where content is often copied, shared, reused and remixed by both teachers and students in the learning and teaching process. This episode explains the basics of creative commons. We examine some of the different license terms and combinations, and offer some insights into which might be better suited for educational purposes....

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. Web 2.0 tools can be useful for any situation where discussion and content sharing is desired, and where accessing current information in certain topic areas can be advantageous for learning. This case study examines how and why Lubna Alam from the University of Canberra used the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) as a central hub that both provided her students with easy access to the class blogs, wiki...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This episode explores some of the key considerations when planning your online or blended (face-to-face and online) class. It examines the importance of considering pedagogy before technology; constructively aligning assessment with learning outcomes; and the integration of digital literacy skills. It also offers some useful strategies for deciding which components are better suited to an online learning...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This case study examines the use of eBooks and eReaders as an extension of the usual Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS). This initiative was undertaken as part of the DUCKLING research project (Delivering University Curricula: Knowledge, Learning and Innovation Gains) conducted by the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester in the UK. While the context of this study involves...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. Online classes are not bound by scheduled class times, and it can be very easy to spend too much time teaching and managing your students in this environment. This episode highlights some important issues regarding managing your teaching time online. It examines some of the benefits and potential pitfalls of online teaching related to time, and offers some practical tips and suggestions on how teachers can make...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This case study features Tam Nguyen from The University of New South Wales, describing how a blog was used in one particular teaching context to promote peer-to-peer interaction, feedback and discussion. Tam's students also integrate YouTube and Flickr into their blogs, maximising the potential of both social media and a learning management system. While the case study does examine one particular teaching...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This Learning to Teach Online case study aims to demonstrate how the effective use of simple 'just in time' style online tutorials, stringently prepared and designed to support the needs of the students, can positively impact student learning when used in conjunction with traditional teaching approaches. Stephanie Eckoldt and Dominic Alder from the University of Bristol examine the reasons why they adopted an...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This case study aims to show how simple and powerful using audio feedback can be. Simon McIntyre from COFA Online, at The University of New South Wales discusses how he uses audio feedback effectively in his trans-national fully online Master of Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design program. While the context of this case study is in art and design, the use of audio files for giving students feedback is applicable...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. In this case study, Mark Schulz from the University of Queensland examines the concept of using the Internet to remotely access laboratory equipment to conduct experiments in science or engineering. In particular, it demonstrates one of several experiments that can be conducted online using the iLabCentral website developed by Northwestern University. It explores benefits and opportunities for student learning...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This case study aims to give you a basic understanding of the website Flickr, and how it was used to teach photography in a blended (face-to-face and online) class. It discusses the benefits of using an online community for submitting, organising and giving feedback on images, and the impact on student learning. Key issues surrounding pedagogic planning and teaching with Flickr that were encountered in this...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. The Learning to Teach Online project is a free professional development resource designed by COFA Online at the University of New South Wales, in association with the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) to help teachers from any discipline, whether experienced in online teaching or not, gain a working understanding of successful online teaching pedagogies that they can apply in their own unique...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. In this episode we look at two different types of online learning environments: a centralised Learning Management System (LMS), and free open access social media (such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, etc). We discuss the benefits of each and highlight some important issues that need to be considered when using each of them.  

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This episode provides a brief overview of how our increasingly digitally networked world is changing the way we communicate and learn. It examines the benefits and challenges of online teaching, and how higher education is responding and adapting to these changes. We hope to paint a broad picture of the shifting educational landscape and to contextualise the need for the Learning to Teach Online project to help...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This case study examines the use of online asynchronous discussions as part of a large professional practice class for primary mathematics teachers. Online forums within Blackboard are used to host discussions about video lectures, support assessments and to enable students to ask questions and receive advice about content. The realities of managing large scale online discussions are discussed, along with...

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This Technical Glossary video is aimed at helping the novice work through the steps necessary to create their own blog in a free website called Blogger. Please also visit the Learning to Teach Online project website to watch the related case study called Using Blogs for peer feedback and discussion.  

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This Technical Glossary video explains how the website Flickr works, and how to create an account, upload, tag and share images online. It also demonstrates the process of creating Flickr groups, which are ideal for teaching. Please also visit the Learning to Teach Online project website to watch the related case study called Using Flickr as an online classroom.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online video called "Online discussions in maths teacher education - Case study". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online video called "Welcome to Learning to Teach Online". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online video called "Managing your time". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.  

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online video called "Learning management system or the open web?". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online video called "Why is online teaching important?". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online case study video called "Using audio feedback". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online case study video called "Hippocrates: Online medical tutorials". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.

What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This PDF file contains detailed information related to the Learning to Teach Online case study video called "Using Blogs for peer feedback and discussion". Please ensure you watch this video in conjunction with reading this document.