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Calling All QU Online Instructors: An Invitation to Use VoiceThread!

By: Jennifer Rafferty
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Last year when I was presented with the opportunity to develop an online Spanish course, I had before me the task of finding a tool that would allow my students to communicate asynchronously and record their voices for paired dialogues.  While I had researched a number of different possibilities, including learning management systems for language learners, I was not keen on the idea that my students would have to jump back and forth between two learning management systems to complete their weekly assignments.  Read More »

QU Online and the Learning Center Initiate Collaboration to Improve Students’ Study Skills

By: Jennifer Rafferty

During the 2008-09 academic year, QU Online and the Learning Center joined efforts to collaborate on the development of a series of short videos that address study skills.  Researchers seem to agree that students who are prompted to use certain study skills such as time management or goal orientation reach higher levels of achievement Read More »

Capturing Student Projects and Reflections Using Blogs and Wikis

By: Frances Rowe

Blogs and wikis are a great way to create multiple channels of communication with and for students; both blogs and wikis are available through your Blackboard courses. Wikis are designed for collaboration and the creation of knowledge by multiple parties. Blogs are broadly recognized as mediums for individual expression such as journals, but the possibilities are unlimited. If you can imagine it, it is likely that you can do it! Below are potential usage scenarios that are applicable to a variety of courses.

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