Educator Presence, Positive Online Experiences, Student Engagement, The Virtual Village 18 Nov 2022 What a Fulfilling Online Community Feels Like Now, you know that this is the epitome of what a fulfilling online community feels like and even though that… Kellie Alston No Comments
Enhancing Learning, Instructional Design, Student Engagement 13 Oct 2022 Using Visuals to Enhance Learning| How Do People Learn? How do people learn? What do we, instructional designers and college faculty need to know about our students' memory stores… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Discussion Frameworks, Instructional Design, Small Group Discussions, Student Engagement, The Virtual Village 19 Feb 2021 5 Reasons Students Love Discussion Frameworks If you have been rocking with me, reading my blog, you know that I have been doing a series on Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Discussion Frameworks, Instructional Design, Small Group Discussions, Student Engagement 05 Feb 2021 Do We Want Discussions or Content Conversations? Welcome, welcome, welcome! You have made it here just in time to experience the Discussion Frameworks Versus Discussion Boards Battle,… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Discussion Frameworks, Small Group Discussions, Student Engagement 24 Jan 2021 Discussion Frameworks Vs. Discussion Boards: The Evolution of the LTVD I am so glad you are here because it is time for me to get some things off my chest.… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Small Group Discussions, Student Engagement Learn the eight steps of the Learning Through Virtual Discussion Framework. 20 Jan 2021 Introducing the LTVD Series This past spring while teaching a language and literacy course, my students revealed that they read very little in high… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Group Projects, Student Engagement 30 Sep 2020 The Team Analysis & Simulation Project This week, I am sharing another project with you from the Online Group Projects Made Easy series. This project is… Kellie Alston No Comments
Assessment and Evaluation, Cooperation and Collaboration, Group Projects, Instructional Design, Multimedia, Student Engagement 22 Jul 2020 How to Use “The Manual” to Assess Learning in Your Online Course Have you ever heard someone say, “If you can teach a thing then you know you know a thing?” Well,… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Group Projects, Instructional Design, Student Engagement 15 Jul 2020 Who Makes The Team? Every fall, I assign a group project that I call Who Makes the Team? I designed the project for my… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Group Projects, Instructional Design, Student Engagement 09 Jul 2020 Online College Group Projects Made Easy Oh, how I love group projects! I just do not feel right when my students do not get to experience… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Instructional Design, Student Engagement 26 May 2020 How to Prepare College Students for Group Work Online When I was 14 years old, my mother took me to our social security office in Durham, North Carolina, and… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Student Engagement, The Virtual Village 20 May 2020 How to Make Online Group Activities Work Well I can’t get no satisfaction is the line in a very popular pop song. I used to feel that way… Kellie Alston No Comments
Cooperation and Collaboration, Discussion Frameworks, Student Engagement 07 May 2020 Infusing Group Activities in Your Online College Course Stimulating group activities during live sessions are my sweet sauce of course design. I believe that dynamic, well-designed group activities… Kellie Alston No Comments
FACE Method, Instructional Design, Student Engagement 02 May 2020 Empowering College Students Online How do you give your students the power to take ownership of what they are learning? And, how do you… Kellie Alston No Comments
Assessment and Evaluation, Peer Review, Student Engagement 27 Apr 2020 Increasing Engagement with Student Presentations I am so glad it is Monday because tonight I meet with my Assessment and Evaluation course at 6:30 p.m.… Kellie Alston No Comments