On Teaching Online

On Teaching Online podcast 34: Apps, e-books and education Originally published 2/10/12 In this podcast I talk about the changing world of creating and publishing educational materials.    

On Teaching Online podcast 33: Evaluating online program quality with Dr. Kaye Shelton Originally published 1/13/12 An interview with Dr. Kaye Shelton, Associate Professor at Lamar University, and author of A Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Education Programs: A Delphi study.

On Teaching Online podcast 32: New web teaching tools Originally published 1/5/12 In this podcast Staci and I talk about a variety of online collaborative tools that are getting better and being updated all the time: Bubbl.us, DebateGraph, VoiceThread, and Scribblar.

On Teaching Online podcast 31: Coursekit.com social network and LMS with Joe Cohen Originally published 12/10/11 In this podcast Staci and I talk with Joe Cohen of what was then Coursekit.  Coursekit began as a free social media/learning management platform for courses that brings together easy-to-use instructor tools and familiar social networking features. Now renamed Lore, the service has expanded and added improvements to the interface, design elements, and tools. Lore’s website.

On Teaching Online podcast 30: Dr. Jay Caulfield on hybrid course design Originally published 11/18/11 An interview with Dr. Jay Caulfield, author of How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course. Dr. Jay Caulfield is an associate professor and an associate dean at Marquette University, where she led the design of the college’s hybrid graduate degree in leadership studies. She teaches courses in leadership theory, organizational behavior, and research methods, and has extensive experience teaching over 80 hybrid courses over the past dozen years.

On Teaching Online podcast 29: Using online interviews in education research Originally published 11/11/11 Janet Salmons talks about using online interviews as a research method and about her new book, Cases in Online Interview Research.

On Teaching Online podcast 28: A conversation with David Warlick Originally published 11/5/11 In this podcast well-known writer, speaker and educational technologist David Warlick talks about developing educational collaboration resources and communities like The Landmark Project, Citation Machine, Info-graphic a Day and 2 Cents Worth.

On Teaching Online podcast 27: Every teacher has six jobs Originally published 11/1/11 This podcast we talk about the six roles all teachers fill, and how those functions have changed in the move to online teaching.  

On Teaching Online podcast 26: The Innovative University with Henry Eyring Originally published 10/24/11 Henry J. Eyring, Advancement Vice President at Brigham Young University-Idaho, is the co-author, with Clayton Christensen, of The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out. In this interview he discusses innovation in the university. Traditional universities are a cornerstone of society and culture but serious economic and organizational pressures are forcing universities to change how they operate, or risk becoming obsolete. In today’s ultra-competitive environment, how can university leaders improve an endangered system? Eyring worked formerly as a management consultant with Monitor Company, as the director of the MBA program at BYU’s Marriott School of Management and as a mission president for the Mormon Church in Japan. He is a director of SkyWest Airlines, the world’s largest regional airline.

On Teaching Online podcast 25: Cooking with Moodle with Silvina Hillar Originally published 9/25/11 Silvina Hillar talks about her Moodle 2.0 Multimedia Cookbook.  Ms. Hillar is a writer, course designer, Moodler, English Teacher, and a translator in every sense– teaching English to Spanish speaking students and writing this creative and example-rich book that translates open source technologies for online teachers.

On Teaching Online podcast 24: The online teaching survival guide with Dr. Judith Boettcher Originally published 9/10/11 I talk with Dr. Judith Boettcher about her latest book The Online Teaching Survival Guide (written with Rita-Marie Conrad). This book organizes many of the e-coaching tips from her work in faculty development, providing a valuable resource for any faculty grappling with developing and delivering any blended or online program. Many faculty support centers and programs are using this book as part of their faculty development programs. Dr. Boettcher, with coauthors Rita Marie Conrad and Ana Donaldson, also have a new book out, Continuing to Engage the Online Learner.

On Teaching Online podcast 23: Quality Matters with Dr. Kay Shattuck Originally published 9/3/11 In this podcast we talk with Dr. Kay Shattuck, Director of Research for Quality Matters (QM) about QM, online course assessment, and the QM framework. Dr. Shattuck holds a leadership position with QM as the director of research. In 2008, she was honored as the Distance Learning Administrator of the Year by the Maryland Distance Learning Association. She was recently one of 25 invited online learning leaders who participated in a quality in online learning conversation with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The eight general standards in QM rubrics include: * Course Overview and Introduction * Learning Objectives (Competencies) * Assessment and Measurement * Instructional Materials * Learner Interaction and Engagement * Course Technology * Learner Support * Accessibility  

On Teaching Online podcast 22: Google’s education evangelist Jaime Casap Originally published 8/23/11 An interview with Jaime Casap, the Senior Education Evangelist on the Google Apps for Education Team at Google, Inc.

On Teaching Online podcast 21: The future of eLearning with Dr. Maria Andersen Originally published on 8/11/11 In part two of a two-part interview we talk with Dr. Maria H. Andersen, a mathematics Professor at Muskegon Community College about her role as Learning Futurist for the LIFT Institute. She talks about the future of online education and possible trends in course management and learning systems. Prof. Andersen’s YouTube channel.

On Teaching Online podcast 20: Teaching math online with Dr. Maria Andersen Originally published on 8/3/11 In part one of a two-part interview we talk with Dr. Maria H. Andersen, a mathematics professor at Muskegon Community College and the Learning Futurist for the LIFT Institute. She talks about teaching calculus online, using Twitter to support online community, and the differences and similarities between online students and achievement. Her primary website is here.