Bookmarks for September 19th through September 21st

These are my Jumptags for September 19th through September 21st:

• Videos – Worldbuilder – Welcome to Worldbuilder: A Fourth World Media, LLC Educational Community Committed to the Advancement of Social Media Literacy
• Did You Know? 4.0: The Economist Media Convergence Remix – The Economist Magazine is hosting their third annual Media Convergence Forum in New York City on October 20th and 21st. Earlier this year they asked if they could remix Did You Know?/Shift Happens with a media convergence theme and use it for their c…
• YouTube – Did You Know 4.0 – The Economist Magazine is hosting their third annual Media Convergence Forum in New York City on October 20th and 21st. Earlier this year they asked if they could remix Did You Know?/Shift Happens with a media convergence theme and use it for their c…
• Tinychat – Disposable chat rooms for up to 12 people at once. Text, audio and video. Free.
• Freckle – The personal plan is 1 project and 1 user for free.

More fun and learning with Wichita State

What fun I had yesterday with the folks from Wichita State. We had a great discussion about organizing a course for online delivery, and I had some really interesting questions about experiences with thinner syllabi, video conferencing, and approaching new faculty.  I’m a little concerned that I may have scared some folks, so I want to make sure during today’s conference that everyone is okay after they’ve had some time to digest and reflect.  We’re definitely going to take some time to consider the topic from yesterday.

Today, we’re going to be tackling managing communications online.  It can be a real bear sometimes when you teach online.  It can seem like you’re always “on.” So, how do you create reasonable expectations with your students and not not seem unresponsive or distant?  That just one of the topics we’re going to explore.  I have some ideas about how to manage communications to make them more managable for the teacher when you’re teaching online.

I’m also going to share some tips I have for conducting chat sessions, discussion boards, and two-way audio and video.  A couple of years ago, I conducted some research with a former student Dr. Jongpil Cheon (at Texas Tech University now) about two-way audio and video.  So, it’s interesting to see what works and what students value.  I’ll be incorporating some of these finding, as well as some “ah-hah” moments into the presentation.

The wiki pages we’ll be referring to today are:

1. Tips for online course management
2. Tips for asynchronous communications in an online course
3. Tips for synchronous communications in an online course

If we have extra time, then we might can get to some tools that I recommend using:

1. Tools I recommend

And here’s the presentation I’ll be referring to as well.