Tina Calandrino

HI Andrew and thanks for posting! End-of-course surveys do provide important feedback although, in online classes, I can see where faculty could easily dismiss the significance of the feedback because they lack the face-to-face context. I was wondering: do you share the overall feedback (trends) from students regarding online courses? I ask…[Read more]

Thank you so much for your post Dennis!
I agree with Josh that this video was very helpful, particularly about halfway through starting at the 11:00 minute mark. You truly provided a comprehensive training solution for faculty by setting up the website, offering three different modes of training, and providing tangible things they could…[Read more]

This is something we’ve been re-evaluating at UCF. I like to use the analogy that instructional designers are sales reps and sales engineers – building, nurturing, and cultivating their relationships to retain services of the distributed learning units. I can send out mass emails all day, but with a 12-15% open-rate I’m nowhere near as effective…[Read more]

Hi Dago! Research that focuses on analytics is definitely a robust area of investigation. What can be daunting, as you noted, is the management of that data. Not all instructional designers may feel comfortable with quantitative data and may need support from a statistician on campus. Another important component to conducting research in the…[Read more]

Thank you so much for sharing this effective practice Michelle.
So much of what we do really comes down to marketing and communication, and it’s easy to over communicate even with good intentions. As you mention in your post, blanket communications that don’t apply directly to me could create confusion and over time it becomes all too tempting to…[Read more]

[quote quote=482]I’ve found that using the the Photovoice method in online discussions engages students, even when those students are faculty enrolled in my course. Asking learners to take their own pictures and interpret as a community can be p…[Read more]