Resources & Links

*View my blog post on the 10 Best Practices for Teaching Online

*View my Wiki on eLearning Tools here

VCC Online eLearning

https://www.vcc.ca/programscourses/program-areas/instructor-and-teacher-training/certificate-in-onlineelearning-instruction/nlineelearning-instruction/

https://www.facebook.com/VCCSchoolOfInstructorEducation/

Additional Resources

E-Portfolio’s

Pelliccione l., Dixone, K. (2008) Portfolios: Beyond assessment to empowerment in the learning landscape. Conference proceedings Ascilite 2008. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ascilite.org/conferences/melbourne08/procs/pelliccione.pdf

Kahn, Susan (2014, Winter).  E-Portfolios: A Look at Where We’ve Been, Where We Are Now, and Where We’re (Possibly) Going.  Peer Review, 16/1, p. 4-7.

Online Learning

A. Imbellone, G. Marinensi, & C.M. Medaglia. (2015). Empirical evidence of the game-based learning advantages for online students persistence. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Serious Games, 1(4), 1-6.

Bell, B. S., & Federman, J. E. (2013). E-Learning in Postsecondary Education. The Future of Children,23(1), 165-185. Retrieved June 25, 2019, from https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1937&context=articles.

Best Practices for Teaching Online. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://opened.uoguelph.ca/instructor-resources/Best-Practices-for-Teaching-Online

Boettcher, J. V., & Conrad, R. (2016). The online teaching survival guide: Simple and practical pedagogical tips. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Brandon, B. (Ed). (2005, December). 834 tips for successful online instruction [Digital ebook]. The eLearning Guild. Retrieved from http://www.elearningguild.com/publications/index.cfm?id=2

Bull Edh, B. (2017, May 16). Eight Roles of an Effective Online Teacher. Retrieved from https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/eight-roles-of-an-effective-online-teacher/

Carleton University OnLine. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://carleton.ca/cuol/resources/successful-online-course/

Challenges and Benefits of Online Learning. (2019, April 18). Retrieved from https://www.strayer.edu/why-online-learning/benefits-and-challenges

Conrad, Rita-Marie, and J. Ana. Donaldson. Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction. Jossey-Bass, 2011.

Dumford, A., & Miller, D. (2018). Online learning in higher education: Exploring advantages and disadvantages for engagement. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 30(3), 452-465.       

Feenberg, Andrew & Xin, Cindy. (2002). A teacher’s guide to moderating online discussion forums: From theory to practice. Retrieved April. 28. 2005.

Gillet-Swan, J. (2017). The Challenges of Online Learning: Supporting and Engaging the Isolated Learner. Journal of Learning Design,10(1), 20-30.

Hardy, L. (2017, June 07). The A-Z Of Online Teaching Challenges. Retrieved from https://elearningindustry.com/online-teaching-challenges-a-z

Hesterman, S. (2016). The digital handshake: A group contract for authentic elearning in higher education. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 13(3), 1-24. 

Higley, M. (2018). Reasons Why Collaborative Online Learning Activities Are Effective. Retrieved from https://elearningindustry.com/collaborative-online-learning-activities-reasons-effective

Hughes, G. (2007). Diversity, Identity and Belonging in E-Learning Communities: Some Theories and Paradoxes. Teaching in Higher Education, 12(5–6), 709–720.

Marmon, M. (2018). Enhancing social presence in online learning environments / Michael Marmon, editor.

Posey, A. (2020). Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A teacher’s guide. Retrieved from https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/understanding-universal-design-for-learning

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5), 1-6. 
Shea, P., Li, C., Swan, K., & Pickett, A. (2019). Developing Learning Community in Online Asynchronous College Courses: The Role of Teaching Presence. Online Learning, 9(4). doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v9i4.1779

Shonfeld, M., & Ronen, I. (2015). Online Learning for Students from Diverse Backgrounds: Learning Disability Students, Excellent Students and Average Students. IAFOR Journal of Education, 3(2), 13–29.

Teaching Across Generations – Part II. (2014, August 12). Retrieved from https://uminntilt.com/2014/07/14/teaching-across-generations-part-ii/

Tracking Online and Distance Education in Canadian Universities and Colleges: 2018(Rep.). (2018). Canadian Digital Learning Research Association.

Quality Guideline Links

Click to access CanREGs%20Eng.pdf

Click to access facultycenter_OCAT_v2.0_25apr07.pdf

Click to access eCampusAlberta_QualityEQS2.0_Brochure_2017_FINAL.pdf

Click to access OnlineQualityCheckList_SiteJuly27.pdf

https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/tls/content/online-course-quality-checklist-ocqc

Click to access Online-Course-Guidelines-Checklist-DRAFT-2016.pdf

https://it.cornell.edu/document/online-course-quality-checklist-0