We have several opportunities for you to connect with other online instructors at RTC! Please contact faculty learning community facilitator Liz Falconer if you would like to join a faculty learning community or just talk about online teaching ideas.
Here are some useful blogs to subscribe to:
On Cloud Computing for Educators: http://rtccloud.blogspot.com/
Thoughts on eLearning: http://falconercloud.blogspot.com/
and these excellent resources:
Sh!ft eLearning Blog: http://info.shiftelearning.com/blog
Edudemic Blog: http://www.edudemic.com/
The RTC youtube site has many teaching tips that can be applied online or in the classroom: http://www.youtube.com/rtclife
FURTHER RESOURCES:
The following paper talks about the importance of a good instructional design, making asynchronous discussions and other tools manageable within a classroom: Time Management Strategies for the Online Teacher
Curt Bonk is a professor at the Indiana State University School of Education. Professor Bonk has produced a series of 27 videos containing strategies and tips for teaching online. The first video in the series, Planning an Online Course, is here:
http://youtu.be/m3H7PbkndOk
Take a look at Merlot, a multimedia educational resource for online teaching and learning: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm