Online Course Resources

MSU Resources

• MSU Distance Learning Resources
• MSU Learning Design and Technology
• MSU History Department IT Resources

Doing Online Courses

• Rutgers Basic Course Design and Pedagogy
• Cal Poly Learning-Centered Online Course Design Lit Review
• An Analysis of Organizational Approaches to Online Course Structures
• UW Online Course Resources
• Rubric for Online Instruction
• Instructional Design Tips for Online Learning
• Best Practices in Designing Online Courses
• Collection of Ideas for Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Rubric for Online Instruction
• Instructional Design Tips for Online Learning
• Best Practices in Designing Online Courses
• Collection of Ideas for Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Open University: Innovating Pedagogy 2012
• Designed For Learning Links to Reports

Camtasia, WordPress, and Piazza

• Camtasia Techniques, Tricks and Best Practices
• Camtasia Best Practices
• Techsmith: Camtasia Tutorials
• Techsmith: Recording Tips
• Video screen capture best practices
• WordPress
• 40 WordPress Tutorials (videos)
• WordPress Lessons (text)
• Piazza
• Piazza Tutorials
• Three point lighting

Sample Courses

• Teaching History: National Education Clearing House
• Gilder Lehrman: Institue for American History
• Digital History
• History Matters
• Canadian History Mysteries
• Ithaka, “Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians”:   Download

Working with Sources

• ALA Using Primary Sources
• Commonly Asked Questions About Copyright

Open Course Resources

• Open Yale Courses
• MIT Open Courseware
• Harvard Extension School
• NYU Open Education
• OCW Consortium