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Resources
Accessibility
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework used to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all students.
- Accessibility Toolkit by BCcampus
Assessing Technology Tools
- The SECTIONS Model to help you make effective decisions about the choice and use of media for teaching and learning
Blending Learning
- Blended Learning Toolkit is an open educational resource designed to guide the design and development of your blended/online course.
- Col Framework is a process of creating meaningful learning experiences through the development of three interdependent elements, social, cognitive and teaching presence. Also see Community of Inquiry Mind map
- Khan Academy offers a course to better inform your understanding of high-quality blended learning.
- University of Alberta, Centre for Teaching and Learning Blended Design and Development
Learning Theories
- Learning Theories (Behaviourism, Cognitivism & Social Constructivism) to guide your understanding of course design as it pertains to your particular discipline
Instruction
- Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction are a set of guiding principles that outline effective and efficient instruction.
Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Alberta Open Educational Resources (OER) is a collaborative, no-fee publishing service for open textbooks and other open educational resources.
- eCampusOntario: Open Library
- Manitoba Open Textbook Intitiative
- Open Educational Resources (OER) to learn more about how you can adapt and adopt OER resources in your course
- Shareable Online Learning Resources (SOL*R)
- University of British Columbia OER Accessibility Toolkit
Online Learning Course Design
- Backward Design is a form of curriculum design in which curriculum is designed in reverse. It is first approached with the desired results (end goal) and then worked through backwards.
Additional backward design links: https://udlresource.ca/2017/12/backward-design/
- Gilly Salmon’s Five Stage Model is a structured approach to scaffolding learning activities.
Strategies for instruction
- Mind mapping Mind mapping has been found to be an effective means of helping students organize new learning while reinforcing previous learning and improving information retrieval.
Teamwork
