Teaching online for the first time? Unsure where to start? Start here!
We’ve designed the Faculty eCommons to provide you proven strategies for online teaching. We cover a myriad of useful information, but if you’re ……
Author Archives: Faculty eCommons
Create Interactive eBooks with Bookry
Do you use iBooks Author? If so, you need to know about Bookry. Boorky is a free service that offers iBook Author users a growing library of widgets to create interactive eBooks.
Boorky is easy to ……
Student Perspectives: UT Arlington Graduates Share Experiences with RN-to-BSN Online Program
Colleges and universities are moving online because of the benefits online programs offer students:
an accessible education that accommodates the working adult’s lifestyle and
an affordable education that decreases high costs characteristic of on-campus courses.
Institutions have dedicated ……
Remixing Content: Deepen Learning through Student-Created Lessons
The best way to learn something is to teach it.
This old adage is true for teachers and students. While content creation is often considered the instructor’s domain, students can benefit from becoming content creators: they ……
What is Mobile Learning and Why Should Educators Use It?
Did you know that people spend more time on mobile apps than they do browsing the web?
The popularity of mobile technology continues to grow, and it’s a powerful trend that presents opportunities for learning made ……
Wrapping-up GE4L MicroMOOC: Participant Artifacts
Today wraps up the Faculty eCommons’ MicroMOOC Game Elements for Learning (GE4L), a 4-week professional development MOOC in which participants explored tools and methods they might use to gamify course elements.
As the culminating activity, participants ……
Learning at the Speed of Light: Deep Learning and Accelereated Online Graduate Courses
This research study was sponsored by the Academic Partnerships Research Grant Program and performed at Purdue University Calumet, a partner of Academic Partnerships.
An increasing number of university programs, particularly at the graduate level, are moving ……
On-campus vs. Online: Academic Success of RN-to-BSN Students
This research study was supported in part by the Academic Partnerships Research Grant Program.
To meet the increased demand created by health care reform and changes in America’s increasingly complex health system, the Institute of ……
Congratulations, Dr. McBride! Our Latest iPad Mini Winner
Join us in congratulating Dr. Rebecca McBride from University of West Florida (UWF) for winning our latest giveaway! Dr. McBride received an iPad Min for connecting with the Facutly eCommons on our Facebook page and ……
Sam Brenton: Demystifying Online Learning Across the Globe
With his passion for technology—and online learning experience that began in the 90s—Sam Brenton is on a mission to ease instructors’ fears of teaching online. Brenton joined the Academic Partnerships International (API) team in April ……