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Why OER?
OERs – A Solution to Engage Learners The Chronicle of Higher Education says 7 in 10 students didn’t purchase a textbook because it was too expensive. But how can stude...
Online Learning Trends In 2021
Staying on top of the trends helps education professionals develop their knowledge base and help connect coursework to the learning outcomes. Listen as Keirsten and Ko...
Women in Education
Join The Onliners as they recognize the amazing women in education’s past and present from around the world. These pioneers and current leaders positively impacted the...
Student Meets World
Real-world application is a way for students to bring industry relevant ideas to the classroom and work through them with their teacher. Keirsten and Kodi share 10 tip...
Academic Integrity
Why do students cheat? Understanding why can help faculty strengthen academic integrity and limit the opportunities for cheating. Keirsten and Kodi share helpful tips ...
Engaging Your Online Learners
Teaching an online course actually requires more engagement than teaching in a classroom because your course is “open” almost 24/7. Traditional engagement tactics like...
Free Books! Open Educational Resources and How to Use Them
In this episode, Keirsten and Kodi share how their university went from using no Open Educational Resources (OERs) to developing 46 courses that use them and two Z deg...
Preparing Online Learners for Success
There are many ways that institutions can help learners get started with online education. Keirsten and Kodi discuss how they use online learning orientation to prepar...
Quality Matter’s Peer Reviewer Course
Keirsten and new cohost Kodi Buell, TrineOnline’s Director of Online Learning, share their recent experience taking Quality Matter’s Peer Reviewer Course. This challen...
Quality Matters: The Gold Standard
Join Regina as she discusses her favorite topic - Quality Matters. Quality Matters is the global organization leading quality assurance in online and innovative digita...
The Art of the Launch: Starting Your Online Semester Right
There are certain elements of the semester that online faculty must have, including having a well-prepared course ready for day one. But is that enough? In this episod...
Connect-Type Activities for Your Online Learners
Connect-type activities prepare learners for their future work. They can help learners create meaningful and effective solutions to real problems. Connect-type activit...
Do-Type Activities for Your Online Learners
Do-type activities transform information into a skill set and put brains into action. They include practice and discovery activities and games and simulations. Do-type...
Absorbing Activities for Your Online Learners
Absorb-type activities for online and hybrid classrooms are designed to inspire learners. They include watching lectures, reading books and listening to stories told b...
Accessibility in Your Online Classroom
Ensuring all the elements of your online class are accessible can be intimidating, but it can be done! Start small and take it step by step to make your online classro...
Netiquette: Being Your Best Online Self
Many people don’t consider how important good etiquette is in the online environment. Netiquette has become more important than ever to express respect and build relat...
Information Literacy: Getting through the CRAAP
Determining what information we can trust from the internet can be tricky. In this week’s podcast, Regina and Keirsten discuss the CRAAP test, an evaluation method by ...
Teaching the Online Teacher
Several years ago, TrineOnline created the Online Faculty Certification Course (OFCC) as an orientation course for its new online faculty. In this week’s podcast, Regi...
Analyzing Your Learner
Thanks to a listener’s request, Regina and Keirsten discuss why analyzing students in your course before, during and after is important. Knowing who your students are ...
Connecting with Your Students Through Humor
A simple joke students can relate to often sets the stage for a fun learning experience. How can we bring humor into our online courses? It takes skill to be hilarious...