Pat's Collection of Communication Ideas

  Guidelines for Students Participating in Online Discussions

Simple Discussion Board Rubric

Discussion Board Etiquette

Pat's expectations page....

Managing Interaction Tips, University of Maryland

As Distance Education Comes of Age, the Challenge Is Keeping the Students (Sara Carr, 2/2000 great article about real students and teachers)

LEARNING COMMUNITIES: PROMOTING LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS IN VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS Holly McCracken, complete article about a variety of communication tools and ideas.

Ensuring Effective Communication Online Acrobat file California Academic Senate Rostrum 2004 (article on page 14 of the issue)

UMUC/Verizion:  Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology
http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/module1/async.html

@ONE Project @ONE provides educational technology resources to California Community College faculty, instructional designers, and technology trainers.  http://www.cccone.org

Seven Best Practices Discussed for Distance Ed. http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html

Communication Tools:

DCForum Web Conferencing Software
http://www.dcscripts.com

E-Conferencing Tool: California Community Colleges Confer Project http://www.cccconfer.org