
TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast Episode 54: “Keep It Simple Starting” with Design and Teaching
Oct 7, 2019
27:33
About Episode 54:
In this episode, TOPcast hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through how “starting simply”, with the essentials, in online design/teaching and then iterating over time will make for a more successful experience for all concerned. These principles hold for other kinds of digital learning implementations.
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Coffee Links
- “Red Eyes Blend” from Huckleberry Roasters
- Huckleberry Roasters, Denver, CO
Content Links
Note: Each resource below contains individual ways to Keep It Simple Starting. Do not try them all at once.
Good Practices
- Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) – An online compendium of online and blended teaching practices. Hosted by UCF but open to all for contributions. Creative Commons-licensed.
- Online Learning Consortium’s Effective Practices
- DIY Design Tasks for Blended Courses
Tools/Technologies
- “5 Terrific Edtech Tools for Creating a Highly Engaging Online (or Hybrid) Course” (from eCampus News)
- EduAppCenter (Open standard-based integrations for your learning management system)
Other Strategies
- “Ten Steps Toward Universal Design of Online Courses” (from University of Arkansas, Little Rock)
- “How to Create a Mobile-First Online Course” (from LearnDash)
