Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon Portland Community College

Online Learning

Posts tagged best practice

One man leaning over another man watching a video in a classroom Communicating Online: What Else Your Words are Saying 6 comments for "Communicating Online: What Else Your Words are Saying"
Casey shares some tips for improving text conversations with students. Posted May 20, 2019
Can you be a “warm demander” online? 11 comments for "Can you be a “warm demander” online?"
Peter Seaman shares insights on how to use the practices of "warm demanding" in online classes. Posted January 22, 2019
A Cover of the Complex Images for All Learners handbook Introducing the “Complex Images for All Learners” handbook
Supada Amornchat shares the release of the Complex Images for All Learners guide, which explains how to make complex images accessible to non-sighted students. Posted July 24, 2017
Quality Matters Workshops
PCC Distance Education offers two excellent Quality Matters workshops for instructors who would like to take their course design and […] Posted June 8, 2017
a red flag Send a Course Progress Notification (CPN) 5 comments for "Send a Course Progress Notification (CPN)"
Use the Course Progress Notification (CPN) to give students an early alert to their course progress. Posted February 18, 2017
A view of the class progress Finding non-engaged students (and imposters)
Use the Class View of the User Progress tool to get a view of student activity during the first week to identify students who are struggling, and maybe even an imposter! Posted June 30, 2015
The learning analytics cycle Using small data 2 comments for "Using small data"
Forget big data. Use small data like class access or quiz scores to improve student learning through the learning analytics cycle. Posted March 9, 2015
Accessibility Handbooks Available!
Get a handy guide for making accessible content for your online course. Posted January 28, 2014
feedback icon Providing timely feedback to students
This week’s topic may come across as a “well duh” concept, but timely feedback from an instructor is identified over and over as an important way to keep students engaged. Posted November 12, 2013
Student Preference about consistent navigation and layout in online courses. Chart of data located in preceding table. Our students prefer consistent navigation and layout in online courses 3 comments for "Our students prefer consistent navigation and layout in online courses"
Our department has been surveying students in online courses during Spring term since 2011 about their preference regarding consistency in […] Posted September 9, 2013
Back