Instead of reading That Article getting circulated about how online learning is inferior to f2f, maybe check out some vetted resources from online learning experts, which will help you craft engaging, thoughtful, and active learning for your students? A thread.
@MERLOTorg could truly be a one-stop shop for online teaching and learning resources. There are tremendous databases you can peruse, vetted by experts with articles and teaching guides across the disciplines.
@educause has been publishing cutting-edge, engaged research on digital learning for years. If you're not already reading @EDUCAUSEreview for informed opinions or checking out their internal research, then you're missing out on thoughtful work!
The @oltoolkit has got tons of practical ideas, resources, and webinars. It is designed to help folks new to online learning get up and running. It's friendly, accessible, and designed to help teachers design for all kinds of different learners and situations.
And if you feel like digging into the scholarship, UCF's excellent Blended Learning Toolkit has a GREAT page listing many of the field's major journals with actual research. blended.online.ucf.edu/2011/06/07/jou…
One more thing: there are a LOT of good people whose Twitter feeds offer brilliant, humane, & thoughtful approaches to online learning. Follow @oltoolkit, @OnlineCrsLady, @karenraycosta, @CleaMahoney, @niyamirandabond, @steph_moore, @angelagunder, @jlknott, @penelope_a_moon...
@laurapasquini @GoogleGuacamole @readywriting @fontanamoore @MGisu82 @MDMillerPHD @brocansky @call_hoon @ciccamy @kafahle @marywstewart @dstanford @slamteacher @Jessifer @KevinKelly0 I could go on! (And I encourage you to talk other good ppl on this thread too!)
Anyway, moral of the story is: this is a weird time in the world, one where we aren't going to do a good job of assessing online and f2f learning anyway. @ThomasJTobin explains exactly why in this actually good @chronicle essay: …w-chronicle-com.stanford.idm.oclc.org/article/Now-Is…
