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Articles and information for online and distance educators to advance their e-learning and distance education skills and knowledge.
Active Learning in Hybrid Classrooms 
Break down the classroom walls by adding an online component to your face-to-face classroom. Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning [offsite link]
Archives of Conference keynotes, forums and other presentations via Real Audio and Windows Media streaming files. Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2012
Each August for the past 11 years, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college. Chunking in Online Design
Online course designers will help learners succeed by chunking. Course Content Tools
Adding sound, video, and interactive components to an online course addresses the needs of different types of learners. Here are a few tools that will help. Cultural Intelligence
How we define intelligence has an impact on how we learn. Distance Educator.com [offsite link]
Led by Fred Saba, PhD., this group of experts has helped shape the growth of distance education through their research, consulting and development work in the field.
Distance Learning Administration [offsite link]
The annual Distance Learning Administration (DLA) Conference, sponsored by the University of West Georgia and the Online Journal of Distance Administration, addresses issues of concern and interest to online learning administrators and educators. Distance Learning Conference [offsite link]
Held annually in Madison, WI, the Distance Learning Conference is a three-day event where an exchange of current resources, research, and best practices from around the world relevant to the design and delivery of distance education/training are shared. Distance Learning Educator Interview with Eva Shaw Ph.D.
We all learn from the experience of others. I had an opportunity to interview Dr. Eva Shaw who teaches a series of online courses with Ed2Go. Her successful online courses are offered worldwide through more than 5000 community colleges. Edu-Tools [offsite link]
Resources related to Course Management Systems, Student Services and e-learning Policies from the British Columbia Centre for Curriculum, Technology & Transfer. Edutopia [offsite link]
Presented by the George Lucas Foundation, this futuristic site provides tips and guidelines for innovative, learner focused teaching, with an emphasis on using technology in the process. elearnspace. - everything e-learning [offsite link]
Intended for users, managers, developers, and facilitators of elearning, this site outlines the entire picture of making electronic learning experiences work for both educators and students.
Embracing the Commercialization of Higher Education
America is a capitalist society. Yet, the long-standing, academic tradition to combat capitalists, and by extension commercialism continues. I think this is a mistake. Five P's in Online Learning
What are the Five P's? Persona, Presence, Perturb the System, Positive Feedback, and Playfulness. Using them to facilitate your online classes will help you create a positive learning experience. Icebreakers Build E-Learning Communities
Use icebreakers to build a fun, safe online learning community. Includes a list of icebreaker resources. Instructional Design and Online Course Development [offsite link]
Overview website on instructional course design and development by Ann Gordon. Instructional Design Knowledge
Foundational theories, assumptions, and philosophical traditions impact instructional design, but in the world of online learning, they aren´t the only consideration. Instructional Design Models [offsite link]
Martin Ryder of the University of Colorado presents a useful overview of various learning theories from behaviourist to postmodern approaches. Keeping Virtual Education Personal 
One challenge in online learning is how to create online courses with similar challenges and perceived value as those offered in a Face-to-Face (F2F) classroom. KEWL Open Knowledge Commons [offsite link]
Open standards, content, archiving, communities of practice, knowledge construction, free to join. Learner-Centered Instruction
Constructivist teachers do not take the role of the "sage on the stage." Rather, teachers act as "guides on the side." Learning Circuits [offsite link]
ASTD offers a packed site with discussions, demos and resources, and articles, email newsletter, LC Express, sends news, teasers, and links to educators, designers, and other elearning activists.
Learning Theory in Cyberspace
The discipline of education rests on a myriad of learning theories. Dozens of learning theories and principles can be considered, but a select few are appropriate for online distance learning. Macromedia Breeze [offsite link]
Quickly and easily share important information through online meetings, presentations and training courses. Breeze enables individuals at all skill levels to achieve powerful results in hours, not months—using the familiar PowerPoint application and sharing information over the Internet in Macromedia Flash format.
Meaningful Adult Learner Assessment
Assessment helps facilitators and administrators determine whether learners are meeting course objectives and outcomes, whether course success is being attained. Yet, for assessment to be meaningful to adult learners, it's important to keep in mind adult learners are different. Moodle – a User-Friendly, Open Source Course Management System
Moodle is a free, open source Course Management System (CMS) that is currently used by many universities, colleges, schools, companies, and individual instructors. Online Continuing Education for K-12 Teachers
The Heritage Institute Online offers over 90 distance learning courses for K-12 teachers, in a diverse assortment of topics with a cutting-edge focus. Self-paced and accredited. Plain Language
We use plain language to present information in a way that makes it as easy as possible for people to understand. It emphasizes the importance of audience, clarity, and comprehension. Presentation Creator [offsite link]
This software enables companies to quickly create, manage and deliver time sensitive business knowledge. In only two easy steps a user can transform a simple presentation into rich-media with the addition of the user´s voice, photo or video.
River Within - Center for Online Educators [offsite link]
Designed to inspire, educate, connect, and renew online teachers. We embody a new paradigm in professional development for online teachers: the fusion of lifelong learning, personal achievement, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies. Sidebars [offsite link]
This ezine is brought to you by the Learning Resources Unit of BCIT: provides useful information and news items for instructors, course developers, educational technologists and anyone else who has an interest in distributed learning in its various manifestations.
Six Icebreaker Concepts
Six icebreaker concepts to help you build community in your online classroom. Syllabus Magazine [offsite link]
Professional online magazine and conference center dedicated to educators, administrators and course developers interested in technology for higher education. TCRecord.org [offsite link]
"The Voice of Scholarship in Education." Excellent free resource for educators from the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York. Teacher World [offsite link]
Teacher Education: Become a teacher or advance your current teaching career. Browse an extensive list of online and campus universities for teachers. teachLEARNING [offsite link]
A rich resource for tech learning leaders. Three ezines, newsletters, research groups, for teachers, administrators, and tech coordinators. The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2011
Each August Beloit College in Wisconsin releases the Beloit College Mindset List. Its 70 items provide a look at the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of today’s first-year students, most of them born in 1989. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning [offsite link]
A refereed e-journal to advance research, theory, and best practice in open and distant learning worldwide. The Online Educator
There are some things that you, as an online educator, can do to help make the experience be both successful for you and your students. Here are some important points to think about when structuring your online classroom. The Sloan Consortium
The commitment to quality in online education. Theory Into Practice Database -- Site Review
The Theory Into Practice Database (TIP) is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. The theories are also accessible by learning domains and concepts. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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