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An Education Writer for OnlineCollege.org, Melissa's background includes work in higher education – private, public, and for-profit – as an instructional designer and curriculum developer. Melissa is also an experienced instructor, academic advisor, and career counselor...

#IOLchat Report: Mobile Apps and Online Education

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. My favorite app for online education is ________. Mobile devices and their applications are fast becoming part of our online teaching and learning. This week chat [...]


#IOLchat Report: Making an Open Contribution

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. These days there’s no shortage of discussion about open resources for teaching and learning. From MOOCs to open education resource (OER) repositories and open academic journals, [...]


#IOLchat Report: Virtual Internships

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. What is a virtual internship and how can the experience benefit today’s online students? This week we focused on setting expectations to help students and employers [...]


#IOLchat Report: End-of-Course Activities for Online Instructors

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. The last day of class doesn’t mean the last day of work for online instructors. From evaluating final projects to submitting students’ grades to the Registrar, [...]


#IOLchat Report: Online Instructors on the Front Lines of Tech Support

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. Online instructors are not strangers to technology support. Often working with multiple tools and platforms, including the learning management systems that deliver their courses, they rely [...]


#IOLchat Report: Peer Review in Online Courses

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. Asking students to grade each other’s work has become a popular assessment strategy in online courses, particularly those with high enrollments such as MOOCs. While classmates [...]


#IOLchat Report: Loving and Hating the LMS

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. From open source to enterprise options Learning Management Systems (LMS) are widely used by colleges and universities to present their online courses, as well as support [...]


#IOLchat Report: Improving Online Courses with Student Feedback

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. Online instructors aren’t always the ones who design and develop the courses they teach. While there are ways to provide suggestions to those who maintain the [...]


#IOLchat Report: Social Media and the Job Search

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. Thanks to this week’s guest host Lexie Forman-Ortiz from SmartRecruiters for leading the discussion! Social media is now an important tool not only for students and [...]


#IOLchat Report: Creative Commons and Remixing OER

Each week we meet via Twitter for #IOLchat to discuss current issues related to online learning. Participants include students, instructors, advisors, counselors, eLearning companies, schools, publishers, and instructional designers. In recognition of Open Education Week 2013, OnlineCollege.org was proud to participate with a special edition chat. Thanks to Billy Meinke from Creative Commons for guest [...]


Inside Online Learning

An Education Writer for OC.org, Melissa's background includes work in higher education...
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