If you have additional resources you would like added to this list please send them to Jenny Dauer at jenny.dauer@unl.edu
General Resources
Center for Transformative Teaching Resources
- Summer Institute for Online Teaching. https://teaching.unl.edu/summer-institute-online-teaching/ Another session will take place in June. Several SNR faculty participated in this workshop in May.
- Additional 1-2 hour workshops will be available in June and July
- They are open for consultation
- https://teaching.unl.edu/keep-teaching/
- https://teaching.unl.edu/flexible-hybrid-model-fall-2020-teaching-and-learning/
General Resources for Online Teaching
- How to be a better teacher: advice guide
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Useful introduction and a list of do’s and don’ts
https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-online-teaching
- Transforming Your Lectures into Online Videos
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Advice for reconceptualizing their face-to-face lecture to an effective video-based format
We highly recommend no more than 20-30 minutes of lecture video at a time, and providing students with an active learning exercise for the remaining content.
- Humanizing Online Learning
Tools for Online Learning
- UNL VidGrid 5 Step Session
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VidGrid allows you to record your screen and a video of yourself at the same time, easy to use platform for recording PPT presentations. It is easy to also embed clicker-style or open-ended questions in the video.
- Tips for Using Canvas Discussions
- Yellowdig
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A discussion forum set up to be more social and to enhance engagement
- Field Online Learning Resources
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Many great crowd-sourced resources for natural resources-related field and lecture courses
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16K6bGTf-wGjxxi6aGi_v6vlLQSpsOgl1zq3tXLHWweg/htmlview#
- Online Tools for Teaching and Learning
Resources for HyFlex Teaching
- 7 Things you should know about the Hyflex Course Model
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A good introduction to HyFlex
https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2010/11/eli7066-pdf.pdf
- 10 Tips for Effective Online Discussions
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https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/11/10-tips-for-effective-online-discussions
- What You Should Know About HyFlex Blended Learning
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Another good introduction to HyFlex
https://www.teachthought.com/learning/what-you-should-know-about-hyflex-blended-learning/
- How a HyFlex Course Design Makes my Students’ Learning More Effective
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A nice model for what worked in one classroom
Resources for Flipped Classrooms
- A Guide to the Flipped Classroom” Chronicle of Higher Education
- Edutopia compendium of resources on flipped courses
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some K-12 oriented but still relevant
Simulations and Virtual Labs
- Phet Simulations
- NetLogo Simulations
- Association for Biology Laboratories
- Simulation Biology
- Virtual Biology Lab
- SERC (Science Education Resource Center) at Carleton College
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Lots of resources for applying evidence-based teaching, teaching activities, virtual labs etc.
- Field Online Learning Resources
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Many great crowd-sourced resources for natural resources-related field and lecture courses.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16K6bGTf-wGjxxi6aGi_v6vlLQSpsOgl1zq3tXLHWweg/htmlview#
Quick Videos
1.5 Minute Videos
Larkin Powell
Taking courses online during COVID19? Check out this quick help for restructuring what is left in your course!