{"id":13600,"date":"2019-04-11T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T20:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=13600"},"modified":"2019-11-03T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T17:15:55","slug":"ideas-to-keep-your-online-course-interesting-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/ideas-to-keep-your-online-course-interesting-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas to Keep Your Online Course Interesting Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/light-681540_640.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14578\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/ideas-to-keep-your-online-course-interesting-redux\/light-681540_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/light-681540_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"light-681540_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/light-681540_640.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/light-681540_640.jpg?fit=625%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/light-681540_640.jpg?resize=625%2C416\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14578\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The underlying theme for the <a href=\"http:\/\/olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org\/conference\/2014\/et4online\/welcome\">Sloan Consortium International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning (ET4Online)<\/a> was on how instructors can refresh their online course to keep it interesting for students. <\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecolleges.net\/inside-online-learning\/\">Online Colleges<\/a> blog post about the symposium, Dr. Melissa Venable writes,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The primary goal of keeping an online course current or fresh is improving the experience and environment for all involved. This effort can include content and assignments, as well as social interaction and technology upgrades, and it doesn\u2019t have to mean a large-scale initiative. Small changes and modifications can make a positive difference for both students and instructors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Venable posted a few ideas from the symposium to help instructors refresh their online course. Those ideas are:<\/p>\n<h4>Threaded Discussions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Include student generated discussion questions.<\/li>\n<li>Vary your comments and replies.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-43-html-editor\/\">HTML Editor<\/a> to format a text-based response (e.g., bold and italics, bullets) and add embedded links, images, and multimedia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Multimedia Options<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Build a community with audio.<\/li>\n<li>Increase your presence with video.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-43-html-editor\/\">HTML Editor<\/a>\u2026MORE! Audio and video options are integrated into the Content Editor, allowing you and your students to record from within the course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Assignments and Activities<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider assignments that foster student interaction with each other.<\/li>\n<li>Give students choices for assignment completion (i.e., choosing between writing a paper and creating a video.)<\/li>\n<li>Integrate \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/library\/resources\/7-things-you-should-read-about-instructional-strategies-active-learning\">active learning<\/a>\" breaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For suggestions on setting up a successful online course, read the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/strategies-for-creating-a-successful-online-classroom\/\">Strategies for Creating a Successful Online Classroom<\/a>\u201d article.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Photo Credit: \"<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/light-light-bulb-electric-bulb-bulb-681540\/\">light bulb<\/a>\" by 453169 from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The underlying theme for the Sloan Consortium International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning (ET4Online) was on how instructors can refresh their online course to keep it interesting for students. In an Online Colleges blog post about the symposium, Dr. Melissa Venable writes, The primary goal of keeping an online course current or fresh <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/ideas-to-keep-your-online-course-interesting-redux\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Ideas to Keep Your Online Course Interesting Redux\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-13600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"tag-elearning","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3xm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6972,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/ideas-to-keep-your-online-course-interesting\/","url_meta":{"origin":13600,"position":0},"title":"Ideas to Keep Your Online Course Interesting","author":"Janice Florent","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent The underlying theme for last year\u2019s Sloan Consortium International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning (ET4Online) was on how instructors can refresh their online course to keep it interesting for students. 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