It’s interesting the perception people have about online instruction. I often listen to Dave Ramsey podcasts as he helps callers on his show work through the issues of personal finance. He recently had a call from a teacher who was tying to get out of debt, but Continue reading
It was a pleasure working with the faculty at Westchester Community College. The Center for Teaching and Scholarship is providing excellent, rigorous professional development for their faculty. I was impressed by the commitment, Continue reading
One challenge of online courses is students having access to the instructor. It is a common misconception of online instructors that simply being online a few times a week is Continue reading
Here is the presentation material from the Westchester Community College PD in early November. Continue reading
Here is a list of iPad applications that was generated at the 2012 Montana Science Teachers Association conference in a session I lead. Feel free to add to it.
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Online Discussion Video and Resources
One of the challenges of online instruction is what to do about discussions. There are most likely as many approaches to discussions as there are instructors. At a minimum, online discussions should serve to accomplish several goals including student reflection
Welcome to this blog about online learning and teaching. I’m John Graves and have been teaching online since the mid 1990’s. I’m the Faculty Lead Instructor in the Master of Science in Science Education Program (MSSE) at Montana State University-Bozeman , the
