Leah Murray

I teach math classes that involve many tutorial math videos. From showing how to solve equations to using excel the videos are a powerful way to reach students when you cannot be there yourself. However I find just hosting these on youtube means the students don't use them, they don't want to sort through dozens of videos. Instead I have been sorting them all using a live binder, this free Web site allows you to sort things into categories (for shorter classes I tend to do each week) and place just the videos there for that week, then they can… >>>

One very successful feedback method I have used with group projects is video feedback. I use a screen recorder such as jing.com to look at the groups assignment, this allows me to verbally point out good portions as well as portions in need of improvement. Students can see and hear the feedback and I can write notes on their document in live time. The response from students has been great they say it is the next best thing to being there in person. I must admit I only do this with group projects as it is fairly time consuming and… >>>

It is difficult to learn online as students don't have the opportunity to ask questions and get an instant response as they may face to face. I often strive to create VERY detailed instructions/expectations including a checklist of tasks that must be done for each assignment. The thing I struggle most with is getting students to READ these instructions. No matter how I share them, announcements, email etc it seems there are always some students who completely ignore the detailed instructions. Does anyone else find this? Do you have any tips or strategies to get students to make use of… >>>

One thing that is very important when developing courses is to have a partner or colleague that you can touch base with. Sometimes the order of content or the way things are taught may make sense to you as an individual but may not to others. Having another author or eye on the course can help you combine different teaching methods and styles to reach as many students as possible. For example when developing a statistics course I worked with an individual who specialized in application of statistics in industry, and one who was more education based. That allowed for… >>>