Online learning - Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

Is flipping an online course possible? (Throwback)

A throwback post from 2015, wrestling with the possibility of flipped learning in an online setting.

Building Calculus: The toolbox

Just like everything else, the learning tools we choose for a course have to be selected mindfully and with learning objectives in sight.

Teaching

The one thing to do now for Fall 2020

What is the one thing to do for Fall 2020 right now that will give you the most return?

Teaching

Building Calculus: Materials

The next installment in the series about building my fall Calculus course focuses on instructional materials -- how to pick them, and how to align them with the rest of the course.

Flipped learning

Students can't actually learn on their own... can they?

Throwback post from 2014 keeping up the discussion of student self-teaching and self-learning. Can students actually learn things on their own?

Teaching

Building Calculus: Assessments

As the building for Fall 2020 continues, this time I discuss the assessment setup for Calculus.

Flipped learning

What does flipped learning have to do with online learning?

It seems that there's a resurgence in interest about flipped learning, as we move further in to online learning. What's the reason?

Teaching

Building Calculus: A sample set of activities

A sample set of actual activities for my Fall 2020 calculus course, designed using the framework from an earlier post.

Online learning

Building Calculus: A framework for learning activities

The next stage of the building process for Fall 2020 is about learning activities. Here's a framework for thinking about that.

Online learning

Research report: What are the biggest barriers to online learning?

A 2005 study sheds some light on what student perceive to be barriers for learning in online courses.

Teaching

Building Calculus: Learning objectives

I'm sharing my building process for Fall 2020. In this post I detail the creation of learning objectives for Calculus.

Teaching

Models for the Fall

First up for Fall 2020: Figuring out the instructional model for my Calculus class.

Teaching

Building Fall 2020

In coming weeks, I'll be posting articles about works-in-progress for Fall 2020 semester. And I want you to know why.

Flipped learning

How much research has been done on flipped learning? Update for 2020

An update on the number of published research articles on flipped learning from 2019, with thoughts about next year.

Teaching

Is it active learning?

How do we tell whether something students do is really active learning or not? Look back at the definition.

Online learning

Research report: How does hyflex work in a large course?

Some surprises emerge from a research article studying student preferences in a hyflex-designed large general education course.

Active learning

Three questions to ask about designing active learning tasks

Developing active learning tasks for students takes more than just changing the instructions on a lecture example. Ask three questions first.

Research

Research report: Experiencing the hyflex model

We look at a research study examining student choices and motivations in a hybrid-flexible or "hyflex" course and find some surprising results.

Online learning

Steps toward excellence: Planning communications

The final installment in this series on stepping toward excellence in online teaching is maybe the most important one: Planning for good communication.

Online learning

Steps toward excellence: Online syllabi and the LMS

Step 6 toward online teaching excellence deals with building a syllabus and LMS that gives the best possible user interface for the course.

Online learning

Steps toward excellence: Structure and routines

Step 5 in moving toward excellence in online teaching is about creating dependable under-the-hood structures for time and activities.

Teaching

Steps toward excellence: Aligning materials and tools

Step 4 in getting better at online teaching is also about alignment -- this time of our tools and materials.

Education

Steps toward excellence: Connecting objectives and assessments with activity

Step 3 in taking steps toward excellence in online teaching is connecting clear, measurable learning objectives to assessments through active student work.

Teaching

Steps toward excellence: Making sure you assess the right things

Step 2 of getting good at online teaching: Aligning assessments with learning objectives, and grading systems with assessments.

Teaching

Steps toward excellence: The power of learning objectives

The first step toward excellence in online teaching isn't technological but structural, in the form of clear and measurable learning objectives.