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Finding Resources Online

theProfessor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:40:54 +0000

Electronic resources abound, and they can be of very high quality. The best way to find peer-reviewed, high-quality journal articles is to access them through your online library, or to purchase the articles through an article provider. How… (more)

Organizing Your Online Research

theProfessor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:11:49 +0000

What have others said? As you conduct preliminary research in the library, you will find books and articles on your topic. As you read the material, try to form an idea of what the major issues have been in the discussions about your topic…. (more)

Online References for Distance Learners

theProfessor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:30:59 +0000

Here are some references that distance learners http://collegematchingservice.com/education/ can use when doing their online class thesis.

Weblogs and personal/corporate Web sites. Some are absolutely brilliant. Others are dismal. One can use the… (more)

Writing Online Materials

theProfessor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:26:50 +0000

Evaluate your material. How do you determine if a source of information is of high quality? Even if you are obtaining your data from a library database such as Lexis-Nexis, you should be aware that the articles contained in the newspapers t… (more)

Doing Online Research

theProfessor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:19:46 +0000

Define your topic when doing online class research. Narrow it down, but don’t constrain it too much. Develop a solid thesis statement that gives you room to develop an argument. This is a great time to do brainstorming. Clusters, mind maps,… (more)

Online Group Project

theProfessor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:14:05 +0000

The typical online course group project involves the following steps:

·    The instructor assigns you to a group of three or four other students.
·    You are expected to produce a group project together.
·    The project i… (more)

Group Trouble Shooting Online

theProfessor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:11:11 +0000

Most e-learners have mixed feelings about group work and the activities they’ve had to do with their classmates. Perhaps you’ve had the same experience: you loved going to the discussion board and sharing ideas and discussing the course rea… (more)

Developing Class Team Work

theProfessor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:01:03 +0000

Having a virtual class online is one concept some people find hard to envision. But as an individual distance learner, you must learn how to develop and coordinate with your virtual class.

Simplify the tasks and break them up in to indiv… (more)

Surviving Virtual Group Work

theProfessor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:40:02 +0000

Bond with your team-members. Ask group members to post photos, details about themselves that they’d like to share, and to start a discussion board or forum in which they discuss current events and items of interest. Potential problem: No se… (more)

Belongingness in an Online Course

theProfessor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:36:21 +0000

Make the most of any group or team time. If you are assigned to a team, make time to do your best on the assignment. Even if your team can only meet for 15 minutes every week during the team project time, do it. You should use the telephone… (more)