A dynamic collaboration that resulted in a student-curated "living textbook" through the integration of information literacy, proprietary and OER scholarship, Blackboard, 2.0, and team-based learning.

This learning material was selected as a 2012 MERLOT Classic Award.

In this presentation we will explore the Personal Collection tool of MERLOT, profile the users and describe the extent of their use and aims.

Access Any Language: Scaffolding Reading to Make Online Learning More Accessible for All Languages

If future distance education research confirms a correlation between teacher passion, presence, and aesthetics, online interactions between teachers and learners may need to be re-conceived.

Want high quality Apps that are tested and used by teacher educators? Bring your mobile device to this session and leave with the best!

Using Data Analytics to analyze retention, progression, and graduation rates is critical to the success of institutions of higher education today.

Engaged learning is challenging in online education. Including social presence through virtual technologies adds a much needed element to this now commonly used educational platform.

This session provides steps to develop a Hybrid Training Program to ensure success for faculty and students. Explore emerging technologies used in hybrid courses.

This is the 2012 Sociology Classics Award Winner

Incorporating mobile technology and QR codes into chemistry classrooms and laboratories to produce and use student-created videos and photo-blogs as instructional resources.

In this session we discuss our exploration of and strategies for adopting open educational resources when designing online courses at the University of Central Florida.

Solving the problem of learners' inability to synthesize literature through the use of a literature assistance software program.

Facebook for discussion groups: experiment results, successful best practices, student evaluations, recommended instructor participation, engaging and connecting with students, developing and grading discussion assignments.

We present the development and evaluation of an online continuing education series focusing on just-in-time training to behavioral health providers working with military-impacted populations.

How can we get our teams to be successful in online courses?

Do voice-recorded discussions mean higher quality student discussions or merely higher levels of student satisfaction?

This presentation describes prerequisites to produce an Engine for virtual learning including tools,standards and new learning approach to reinforce communication between students and teachers.

Proven successful in sharing effective practices and fostering interaction, the Commons is now breeding other social networks for academics.

"Flipping" an undergraduate Biology course showed significant positive effects on student learning outcomes. Online content, inquiry-based activities, and assessment results will be described.

How a disabled student introduced his mentor and writing coach to Cloud conferencing, reducing transactional distance through positive collaboration and resulting in stronger writing skills.

The main objective of the present study was to generate insights for enhancing learning effectiveness in professional education context making innovative recommendations for programme faculty.

This presentation discusses findings from a study that explored learning during a business ethics simulation. A teaching strategy to integrate YouTube will be discussed.

As part of Walters State's mobilization efforts, STEM student teams collaborate with professional partners to develop educational content for mobile distribution internationally via social networks.

Discover the ingredient you may be missing in your online course that can increase instructor ability and student satisfaction.

An overview of open STEM education activities at a UK university, including learner experience, engaging external partners and maximising OER discovery.