Resources

Resources are links, instructions, and articles to help you complete the Course Components assignments. It is not our intention that you read or follow all the links below, but that you pick and choose to meet your needs, interest, and time.

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General Resources

• Instructional Creativity and Constructivist Elements "Checklists" of ideas to consider
• Motivation is critical even on the web! with suggestions on how to motivate online students
• Elements of Instruction with specifics for online instruction
• Choosing learner activities for specific learning outcomes: A tool for constructivist computer assisted learning design.
• Strategies for Learner-Centered Distance Teaching
• Strategies for Inclusive Teaching by Claxton and Murrell includes ideas for inclusive teaching. Follow this link to Teaching for Inclusion.  The one chapter you will want to read in its entirety is chapter two. 
• Diversity in the Classroom: Bridging Difference & Distance Through Computer-Mediated Communication This article is short, but may give you ideas for your own course.

Faith Integration

• Faith Integration Eight modules by Dr. Don Roy, Ph.D. A project sponsored by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and AVLN.
• CyberSpace Worship: Who Says You Cannot Have Church Online Read this extraordinary experience of an AOT alumnus.
• Student Perceptions of the Integration of Faith, Learning, and Practice In a Selected Education Course [PDF] a 2002 study by Larry Burton, Ph.D., and Constance Nwosu, Ph.D.
• Nurturing Faith in the Cyber Classroom By Dr. G. H. Akers, Professor Emeritus, Andrews University General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (Education), Retired
• Instructor and Student Perceptions of Integration of Faith Online by Janine Lim

Learning Experiences

Readings, Modeling, Lectures, Lecture notes, Research (library or Web), Examples, Learning Contracts

• Lecture
• Learning Contracts
• Self-directed Learning and Techniques, Tools, and Resources for the Self-directed Learner
• Alternatives to the Online Lecture
• Interaction with the text
• University of Minnesota Digital Media Center: Teaching Strategies:
  • Tutorials and Self-Tests
  • Cultural Resources
  • Lecture

Discussion, Projects, Collaborative Learning, Mentoring

• Metaphors and Reflective Dialogue Online [PDF] by Shirley Freed, Ph.D.. (The PDF contains the whole journal, feel free to read as much as you're interested in.)
• ION resources: Mentorship, Small group work, Projects, Collaborative Learning, Cooperative and Collaborative Learning, Forum
• Creating Learning Communities in Online Classrooms, Don Roy and Shirley Freed, April 2003 Journal of Adventist Education
• Discussion and Chat tips from the University of Adelaide
• University of Minnesota Digital Media Center: Teaching Strategies: Discussion
• Conversation as Experiential Learning
• See also the plethora of interaction resources from AOT in the right column.

Group work, Experiments, Simulation, Activities, Problems

• Simulations
• Learning Activities
• Java Applets - you can find lots more of these in Merlot
• Group Projects, Group Pages
• Quia - Online activities, quizzes, games, and more.
• Explore WebQuests
• Explore Web Inquiry Projects
• University of Minnesota Digital Media Center: Teaching Strategies:
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Games and Simulations
  • Experiential Learning

Journal, Papers, Portfolio, Application, Case Studies

• Journals: What is a Journal?, Why Journal Writing?, Benefits of Journals; Learning Journals Online
• Case Studies
• University of Minnesota Digital Media Center: Teaching Strategies: Case Studies
• Portfolio: Learning Record Online, Portfolios & Assessment

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