Instructional Services Support Site

This site is designed to support faculty in the use of Desire2Learn (NS Online) at Nashville State Community College. It includes handouts and instructional videos on creating accessible documents and guides and questions about D2L.

In addition, links to teaching resources are listed below:

Resources

Developing and Delivering Online Courses Portal by MERLOT

Creative Commons links:

Movie: http://creativecommons.org/videos/get-creative.
Another movie: http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture.
Information about licenses
General information about Creative Commons
Site to search for images with specific CC conditions: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching): Select your discipline and search for peer-rated learning objects that you can include in your courses.

Microsoft Office Help

Getting Started with Office 2013 (Microsoft Site)

Getting Started with Office 2010 (Microsoft Site)

Resources for Best Practices in Online Learning

PowerPoint Presentation - Best Practices in Online Teaching by Linda Lyle There are links to Word files from the presentation. To view those pages, click on the link to display the PowerPoint, run the PowerPoint, click on the link and hold the Alt key and touch Tab. When you see the Word page in the choices, click on it to see the page.

PowerPoint Presentation - Behavioral Issues in Online Courses by Linda Lyle using types identified by Tina Stavredes in Effective Online Teaching: Foundations and Strategies for Student Success including
Co-instructor, Know-it-all, Bully, Helpless, Chatty Kathy, Offender, Sarcastic/Humorous, Challenger, and Complainer.

PowerPoint Presentation - Motivational Issues in Online Courses by Linda Lyle using learner types identified by Bender, Sharon, and Eileen Dittmar. "Dealing with Difficult Online Learners." International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning, 1 July 2006. Web. 17 June 2014. <http://www.itdl.org/Journal/July_6/article05.htm>. Solutions from Stavredes, Tina (2011) Effective Online Teaching: Foundations and Strategies for Student Success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. pp. 205-209, 217-221.

What kind of content do students prefer in hybrid and online courses? This is an article reporting data from research study titled "Teacher Presence: Using Introductory Videos in Online and Hybrid Courses."

Boettcher, J. V. Designing for Learning, Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online. Retrieved May 2014 from http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html

Ragan, Lawrence C. (2005) 10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education. Distance Education Report. Retrieved May 2014 from http://www.mnsu.edu/cetl/teachingwithtechnology/tech_resources_pdf/Ten%20Principles%20of%20Effective%20Online%20Teaching.pdf
Reis, Rick. Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online. Retrieved May 2014 from http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1091

Best Best Practices for Designing and Assessing Online Discussion Questions. This is a webinar recording approximately an hour in length. http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/bestpracticesquestions-7-2014-post-record