Promoting Learner Interaction and Engagement in Online Courses

Storytelling can be used as a powerful tool to teach students how to apply high-level conceptual knowledge to real-life problem solving.  The challenge is in integrating core concepts into an interesting story that keeps the student engaged.  Discover how two nursing instructors … Read More

Adding Accessibility to Online Courses: Making your online course accessible for all types of learners

An important practice in designing quality online courses is making the content accessible to all types of learners. Certain educational tools, such as SoftChalk, give the users the tools to make their content accessible and usable for all. Join us … Read More

Getting Started with Quality Overviews and Introductions: A Best Practices in Online Course Design webinar

Quality overviews and introductions can be the cornerstone of an effective online course. While it may seem generic and tedious, there are many ways to incorporate interactive and engaging features into course introductions to generate student excitement. Experience how other … Read More

A Flipped Organic Chemistry Classroom: What Should it Look Like and Is It Effective?

Flipping the Classroom has become increasingly popular in a variety of disciplines. But flipping some subject areas, such as science, is challenging. Is it possible to create quality online content when teaching an advanced, rigorous course like organic chemistry? Join … Read More

Creating an Engaging Credit Recovery Program Online

When faced with a need to create to create engaging, interactive content for their upcoming K-12 credit recovery program, Blended Schools Network wanted to take a competency-based approach. BSN teachers work with students and learning mentors to build a customized … Read More

Faculty Training in the (SoftChalk) Cloud: Easy for Us, Easy for Them

Just as student populations are increasingly diversifying, faculty demographics are also changing. In addition to a full-time, tenure-track, captive audience for trainings, schools now have a wide array of part-time, non-local, and otherwise overwhelmed faculty to train. At the Alamo … Read More