Rapid online teaching: movement of animal science courses online during COVID-19. Case study: pedagogical decisions in transitioning animal science courses online

Agents in Online Courses 1 Running Head: AGENTS IN ONLINE COURSES Exploring the Use of Pedagogical Agents in Online Human Service Courses

Human service educators have long struggled with how to best provide students with the communication skills required of entry-level human service professionals. Traditional methods of teaching in this domain have included role-plays and case studies. While teaching such skills is easier in a traditional face-to-face environment, this issue has become more complex due to the emphasis on delivery...

Compensation Models for Faculty Teaching Online Courses

This paper will investigate several models of compensation and reward systems that have been utilized to foster increased productivity in online activity. The following issues will be discussed in the paper: Compensation based on a per student basis vs on a course basis The course as part of a faculty member's full-time load or as part of an overload Use of course remissions as an incentive to ...

Massive Open Online Courses

Evaluating Online Courses

Michigan State University Quality Matters: Teaching Tools MSU has a campus subscription to QM. This page provides information for creating a personal QM account in order to make full use of the QM rubric and online resources to create and assess improved online education and student learning. Also offers links to other technology tools for teaching available at MSU. https://tech.msu.edu/teachin...

Massive Open Online Courses

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a new addition to the open educational provision. They are offered mainly by prestigious universities on various commercial and non-commercial MOOC platforms allowing anyone who is interested to experience the world class teaching practiced in these universities. MOOCs have attracted wide interest from around the world. However, learner demographics in MO...