Online courses directory (119)

Watch fun, educational videos on all sorts of Materials, how they're created and what they can do. Whats all the matter? Atoms and Molecules. What is Soap?. Flocculation: Making Clean Water. Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off. Whats all the matter? Atoms and Molecules. What is Soap?. Flocculation: Making Clean Water. Manufacturing Processes: Hands On to Hands Off.

Everything in the universe can be measured. Under Pressure. Earth's Tilt 1: The Reason for the Seasons. Earth's Tilt 2: Land of the Midnight Sun. 2D Equilibrium -- Balancing Games. Under Pressure. Earth's Tilt 1: The Reason for the Seasons. Earth's Tilt 2: Land of the Midnight Sun. 2D Equilibrium -- Balancing Games.

What makes living (and nonliving) things tick?. Homeostasis. Bread Mold Kills Bacteria. Glaciers With Chocolate. Rock Cycle. Homeostasis. Bread Mold Kills Bacteria. Glaciers With Chocolate. Rock Cycle.

This course will help new Courserans learn the names and faces of other employees.

Gamification is the integration of game elements into a non-game setting

How do you transfer a face-to-face course to online without turning it into a correspondence course? Participants will explore online teaching in the very environment that their future students will be experiencing. Participants will understand online learning processes, how to promote interactive work and critical thinking, re-design learning activities, effectively manage the online classroom, and assess the online student

This course is designed for educators who wish to learn the fundamentals of being a quality online teacher using a pre-built online course. Ideally, participants will already have access to online course content via a course management system of their choosing (e.g., Blackboard, Canvas, Edmodo, Moodle, etc.). However, for those who don

OER-101 is an open-access, self-paced online "Community Course" that has been built to demonstrate how to find, adapt, and develop OERs step-by-step...

A stand-alone course for instructors and content developers that explores what accessibility and universal design mean and...

Empowering Parents

This MOOC is for those who wish to understand the 2014 Congressional elections and their impact. More is at stake than which party will control the House and the Senate!...

The Carpe Diem process enables innovative course design for digital and blended courses. It is an agile course development process...

Watch fun, educational videos on all sorts of Physics questions. Thomas Young's Double Slit Experiment. Newton's Prism Experiment. Bridge Design and Destruction! (part 1). Bridge Design (and Destruction!) Part 2. Shifts in Equilibrium. The Marangoni Effect: How to make a soap propelled boat!. The Invention of the Battery. The Forces on an Airplane. Bouncing Droplets: Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces. A Crash Course on Indoor Flying Robots. Heat Transfer. Thomas Young's Double Slit Experiment. Newton's Prism Experiment. Bridge Design and Destruction! (part 1). Bridge Design (and Destruction!) Part 2. Shifts in Equilibrium. The Marangoni Effect: How to make a soap propelled boat!. The Invention of the Battery. The Forces on an Airplane. Bouncing Droplets: Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces. A Crash Course on Indoor Flying Robots. Heat Transfer.

Ready to explore Web-based tools to ignite student engagement in your K-12 classroom? This course examines various Web tools, reasons for using these tools in the classroom, and encourages you to experiment with the tools. Each week we will explore different instructional methods and utilize emerging technology to develop presentations, posters, organization tools, stories, and scavenger hunts. We will investigate uses and good practices for both teacher-led and student-driven activities through the use of free Web-based tools like Prezi, Wordle, Padlet, Voki, and more!

Students want to know their instructor. This challenges online faculty to integrate technologies, such as avatars, video, and social media, to introduce their digital personalities and enhance learners’ experiences. This is called “humanizing,” which, according to DuCharme-Hansen, Dupin-Bryant, 2005 “reduces the psychological distance between the students and the instructor.” As online learning initiatives continue to expand, so does the need to leverage new learning technology to ensure students feel connected and engaged with the instructor and the course material. Course Objectives: Learn how to integrate educational technology tools into an online course with an emphasis on technology that can create an instructor presence or increase personal interaction. Share insights and suggestions about how to “humanize” online courses by maximizing the use of flexible educational technology tools. Demonstrate how technology-facilitated interactions can make instructors and learners more "real" online and how this correlates with student learning and retention. DuCharme-Hanson, R. and Dupin-Bryant, P. (2005). Course Planning for Online Adult Learners. Tech Trends March/April 49 (2), 31-39.

Why do so many schools use letter grades? Where did they come from? What do they tell us and fail to tell us about the learners? What is the relationship between letter grades, student learning, and assessment? This six-week course will allow participants to carefully consider the history, benefits, limitations, and alternatives to using letter grades in learning environments. It will include reflection about the role of formative and summative assessment, strategies for leveraging technology for assessment, as well as exploration of authentic and alternative assessments. Other topics will include peer assessment, badges, self-assessment, and a variety of feedback sources in learning environments. As a way to develop a deeper understanding of the subject, participants will experiment with different forms of assessment and examine a variety of real world examples of learning organizations that do not use letter grades. This course is designed for individuals who aspire to work in a variety of learning organizations. Prior knowledge about curriculum development and designing lessons or learning experiences is helpful, but not required. Students will have an opportunity to earn digital badges in this course.

In spite of growing interest in analytics in education, most states / provinces / countries have not yet developed a systemic approach to learning analytics. Small-scale analytics projects in learning settings are helpful in advancing learning research, but do not provide the value of a systemic and strategic focus. Many interventions, such as alert systems, recommender systems, or student success systems, require cross-departmental and system-wide approaches. This online learning analytics symposium (#LAS13) will review how various institutions and regions around the world are planning and preparing for integrated and systems-wide learning analytics deployment.

College instructors who have ever thought of creating a book should rush to sign up for this no-tuition course. In less than 24 hours, spread over a few weeks, they can learn the pros and cons of peer reviews, how to write and publish a book while teaching a full load, and how to have a book on the shelves -- or better yet on iPhones -- in less than a month. Students in the course will create a book and be exposed to industry leaders and great depth of materials at a fraction of their retail costs. Our expert, Mitchell Levy, is recognized on LinkedIn as the first thought leader architect in the world. As an entrepreneur, publisher, author, and trainer, he’ll bring a number of perspectives to this topic and will facilitate two fun, interactive sessions each week with guests and examples. This course is sponsored by SoftChalk, AcademicPub, and Open Doors Group. Required materials: Title: Rapid Book Publishing by THiNKaha Publisher: AcademicPub Ordering Link: http://www.academicpub.com/rapidbookpublishing.html Ebook $47.95. This book will expire one year from date of purchase and will be accessible for an additional year after that date. Black and White Softcover: $69.71 Color SoftCover: $114.75

This course covers the major legal issues facing academic administrators with regard to today's college students. Topics include: admissions; financial aid; student activities; intercollegiate athletics, academic standing, probation, and dismissal; alcohol and drugs; student-to-student harassment, discrimination, hazing, and violence; physical, mental, and learning disabilities; privacy rights; intellectual property matters, including music downloading, file sharing, and related copyright concerns. Required materials: Handbook for Student Law for Higher Education Administrators 2d ed., by James Ottavio Castagnera Paperback and hardback editions available from Amazon. Approximate cost: $40 There is no ebook available for this text.

Are you a life long learner? Do you like comic books? Do you think it would be interesting to discuss social issues using comic books as a lens? Are you an educator looking for different methods to present your material? If so, this course is for you! From the creator of Gender Through Comic Books (aka the SuperMOOC), this six month course will examine current social issues through comic books while understanding how popular culture is shaped by it's surroundings. We will read a variety of comic books including Scalped, Daredevil, Swamp Thing, and many more. While reading these books we will examine topics such as social inequality, the environment, government intervention, addiction, and information privacy. Using lectures, live interviews with academics and comic book professionals, discussion boards, and readings, we will learn about social issues and how they are presented in comic books and the impact that those books have had on the issues whether large or small scale. This will be more than a class - it's a formation of a community.