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CoOLcast

Our CoOLcasts will be a series of helpful podcasts that you can listen to on your computer or subscribe to via Itunes or other software so you are always up on the latest CoOLcast. We welcome comments about our CoOLcasts as well. This is a new project but when we do these on a regular basis, new topics will come out at least monthly. You won't want to miss an episode!

 

Episode 3: 12/05/2007 Miami's Online Nursing Learning Community

Janet Hurn, Andrea Han and the Nursing Learning Community

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Length: 11:00

Format: mp3

The faculty developers from the Online Nursing Learning Community discuss what has been the most surprising thing for them while beginning to create their courses this semester.

Comments can be sent to cool@muohio.edu

 

Episode 2: 11/09/2007 Wikis and Blogs

Janet Hurn, Andrea Han and Ellenmarie Wahlrab

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Length: 14:59

Format: mp3

Janet Hurn, Andrea Han, and Ellenmarie Wahlrab discuss how blogs and wikis are being used at Miami Middletown.

Andrea gives a short description of what Wikis and Blogs are.

Ellenmarie uses wikis as a collaboration tool in research.

 

Comments can be sent to cool@muohio.edu

Episode 1: 2/02/2006 Introduction to the Center of Online Learning

Janet Hurn and Andrea Han

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Length: 7:45

Format: mp3

Janet and Andrea talk about the Center of Online Learning and how it got started. They also discuss what it is like teaching online and why we would want to offer a course online. Andrea discusses what services that CoOL will be offering to faculty such as team support for developement of their online courses.

Andrea talks about what some of the students have been saying about the courses that they have already taken at Miami. Students reactions have been very positive.

Janet talks about future CoOLcast topics:

  • Blogs and wikis
  • Library resources for your online class
  • Teaching online vs teaching face to face
  • Using Blackboard to its fullest extent
  • Communication methods in your online class
  • Assessment options
  • Quality Matter peer review system
  • We also plan on having some guests with us

Comments can be sent to cool@muohio.edu

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