Category Archives: elearning

NW eLearning Provides Free Webinar on Online Teaching

Once again, the elearning community is stepping up to take care of teachers in this time of crisis. The NW eLearning Community in particular has sent out this message providing support: Dear Colleagues, Schools in the Pacific Northwest are responding … Continue reading

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Calendar of eLearning Events

Stephen Downes has created a calendar of free online events for faculty going online due to the Covid19 crisis, his note is here: If you are hosting a live webcast or online event intended to help people create an online … Continue reading

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NWeLearn: Building a Community of Learners Online via Discussions

Title: Building a community of learners online via discussions (yes, its possible) These are some brief notes from a presentation I went to at the Northwest eLearn Conference. My usual disclaimer: the rambling nature of my notes represents my interests … Continue reading

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Education and Automation

There are a lot of things that technology can do in education. A lot of automation in education is very useful: handling student records and passwords, single sign-on, that sort of thing. Then there are things that should not be … Continue reading

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Time Saving Tips for Teaching Online

I often hear that online learning takes a lot of time for instructors. I have found that it can, but when a course is set up in advance, using the appropriate tools, a lot of time can be saved. There are … Continue reading

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Promoting Academic Honesty Online

#143071328 / gettyimages.com Every semester we deal with questions like “how do you know the person enrolled in the course is the one taking the test?” The instructional designers in Humboldt State University’s College of eLearning & Extended Education often assist faculty  in … Continue reading

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mLearning Initiatives at Humboldt State University

This just in from Morgan Barker, an instructional designer at Humboldt State: Hello Staff & Faculty, I would like to personally invite you to campus sessions centered around the topic of mobile learning. The eLearning department will be holding a … Continue reading

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Time Saving Tips for Online Teaching (2014)

We often hear that online learning takes a lot of time for instructors. I have found that it can, but when a course is set up in advance, using the appropriate tools, a lot of time can be saved. A … Continue reading

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Scientific Discovery and the Creative Commons

Tim Spuck’s students discuss their search for T Tauri stars with renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at the American Astronomical Society conference in January 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In a recent episode of Cosmos: a Spacetime Odyssey, Neil deGrasse Tyson … Continue reading

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#Rhizo14: “Cheating” as Learning Modality

I have had to address “cheating” in education is a very real way here at Humboldt State. I have instructors who are new to online learning and that is one of the first things they asked – how do we … Continue reading

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