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​​Seminary 2.0: Thinking and Designing Virtually - June 15, 2010
The following is a list of resources organized by topic designed to accompany the workshop.You will be able to access the Online Classroom and New Directions for Teaching & Learning articles directly from the links if you are logged into Novell or the Laurier library. 1. Workshop PowerPoint 2. Contextualizing Your Course 3. Moving Content Online 4. Educational Technologies 5. Other Links and Resources

1. [|Seminary Workshop.ppt]

2. Contextualizing Your Course
 * Biro, S.C. (May 2010).[|Get Your Online Course off to a Good Start]. Online Classroom, 8.
 * Baker, C. & Taylor, S.L. (February 2010).[|The Importance of Teaching Presence in an Online Course.] Online Classroom, 5-8.
 * (January 2007). [|5 Ways to Build Community in an Online Course]. Online Classroom, 1-3.
 * Kelly, R. (January 2010).[|Convey Your Online Teaching Persona]. Online Classroom, 8.
 * Using Online Icebreakers to Promote Student/Teacher Interaction (University of South Alabama)
 * Weiss, R.E. (2000). Humanizing the Online Classroom. New Directions For Teaching & Learning, (84), 47-51.

3. Moving Content Online


 * (April 2006). [|Posting Handouts Online Introduced Instructor to Online Learning Possibilities]. Online Classroom, 8.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Morrison, G., & Guenther, P. (2000). [|Designing Instruction for Learning in Electronic Classrooms]. New Directions for Teaching & Learning, (84), 15.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Salmon, G. (2002). E-tivities : The key to active online learning. London; New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shank, P. (July 2006). [|Activities Aren’t Optional]. Online Classroom, 4-5.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Smith, R. M. (2008). Conquering the content : A step-by-step guide to online course design (1st ed ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Lesson Note Guidelines for Developers.pdf] by Jeanette McDonald (PDF)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Educational Technologies
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ARTstor (licensed images for in class or online use) at Laurier
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audacity (free audio editing tool): []
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bates, T., & Poole, G. (2003). Effective teaching with technology in higher education : Foundations for success (1st ed ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Camtasia is a screencasting tool that can be used to create dynamic integrated audio /video presentations for online use. A free 30 day trial is available.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C-Map (free concept mapping software): []
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Digitial Studio] at Laurier
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Google Docs (free information collaboration tool - similar to a wiki)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(January 2007). Using Video Clips to Stimulate Discussion. Online Classroom, 2-8.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kelly, R. (April 2010). Finding the Right Community-Building Tools for Your Online Course. Online Classroom, 1-7.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Liebhaber, K. (March 2010). [|Audio Lectures as Valuable Instructional Alternative]. Online Classroom, 3-8.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Panopto is a lecture capture software that makes it easy to record what goes on in your classroom for later use. A free 30 day trial is available.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">West, J. A., & West, M. L. (2009). Using wikis for online collaboration : The power of the read-write web (1st ed ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wikispaces is a free online wiki tool (this wiki was made with wikispaces!)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wordle ([|www.wordle.net]): create fun word clouds to visualize your course
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|**Slideshare**]: share presentationPPT and Word type files publically or privately. It's easy to create an account and upload files.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This link will take you to the Educause "7 Things You Should Know About" homepage. This series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice and (1) what it is, (2) how it works, (3) where it is going, and (4) why it matters to teaching and learning: []
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This link will take you to the Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) group's page on Low-Threshold Applications and Activities (LTA) page. Low-threshold techologies are considered to be easy and effective ways to incorporate technology and active learning into blended learning or online environments: []
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visual Understanding Environment (free concept mapping software): []

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Other Resources
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bender, T. (2003). Discussion-based online teaching to enhance student learning : Theory, practice, and assessment. Sterling, Va.: Stylus.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Garrison, D. R. (. R., & Vaughan, N. D. (2008). Blended learning in higher education : Framework, principles, and guidelines (1st ed ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hacker, D., & Niederhauser, D. (2000). Promoting Deep and Durable Learning in the Online Classroom. New Directions for Teaching & Learning, (84), 53.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lehman, R. M., & Berg, R. A. (2007). 147 practical tips for synchronous and blended technology teaching and learning. Madison, WI: Atwood Pub.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Manderbach, B.J. (March 2009). Three Ways to Improve Student Engagement in the Online Classroom. Online Classroom, 1-2.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This link will take you to the Laurier Educational Development Topic-Specific resource page: []
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Seminary Worksheets.doc] (Word Doc)