Tools for Teaching Online

This website will provide various tools to help Western Kentucky University faculty as they teach on the Internet.

FaCET Provided Tools

Our Copyright: copies of materials at websites begining with this URL, http://www.wku.edu/teaching/online/, may be made for teaching and research purposes free of charge without securing permission, as allowed by United States Copyright Law, provided copies are not resold. For all other purposes, permission must be obtained from the website manager or the particular creator.

General

• Storyboarding an Online Course
• Should I learn this technology tool? A decision tree to help you decide how to allocate your time.
• Images to indicate material that is Required vs Suggested. How do you 'get a copy'? Right click on the image, select Save Image As... and save it to your harddrive in a place you can find it.

Blackboard

• Why Use Blogs and Wikis in Blackboard? A Powerpoint presentation for the January 21, 2009, seminar on the nature of blogs/wikis, how they compare to other BB tools, and some educational uses for them.
• Course Banners

Links from Technology Notes for Teachers on the Digital Discourse Listserv

Articles

• Emmons, C. (2006, June). The Online Professor Takes a Course. From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal. Vol 15(5). Available online:
  http://fno.org/jun06/online.html
  Synopsis: Person who has taught online takes course online and describes some of the gaps between teaching theory and student experience.

Web Links

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  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Assessment Rubrics (at Discovery.com) http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Organization

Activities

Assessment

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