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The Bridge Goes Both Ways:Overcoming the Generation Gap in Online Education

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Anne Nicolson is a grandmother and veteran teacher with Master of Arts in English and a Master of Liberal Studies in Judaic Studies. She currently teaches for Western Career College and was honored as PRIDE recipient (Professional Recognition of Integrity, Dedication and Excellence) by DeVry, Inc. in 2009. She is completing a Master of Science [...]

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Online Community Building: The Unseen Cornucopia

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

J.-D. Cogmon is a community service advocate and lifelong learning who happens to be an administrator for a small charter school. In addition to working in leadership, he teaches and learns from students grades 6-12 each day. J.-D. has worked in universities, as a drop-out prevention specialist for Pupil Services with San Francisco and is [...]

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Our online courses are not like your online courses

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Christopher J O’Brien is based in Chandler, Arizona and has worked for the same Fortune 100 company for almost nineteen years, albeit in different positions. He is currently an instructional designer with a progressive training group embedded with the Information Technology department. He is pursuing a Master of Science in Education, Option in Online Teaching [...]

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Developing Trust; the Superglue of Online Communities

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Nancy A. Ortner is an ISTE (The International Society for Technology in Education) proficient instructor. She is a credentialed teacher at an independent study – charter high school in Carmichael, California. Mrs. Ortner is also a Drop-Out Prevention Specialist, and holds supplemental credentials in Heath Education and Character Education. She is currently working on [...]

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Transformational Learning: Captured in an Aha Moment

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Karen I. Cushman
California State University, East Bay
EDUI 6707
Datta Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D.
February 7, 2010
I am in my 17th year of teaching Computer Literacy. I have taught adults at community colleges in Connecticut and also at Goodwin College in East Hartford, CT.
In an online [...]

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Tips to Twitterfy your Teaching

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Allisun O’Connell is a Twitter, Moodle and eLearning enthusiast from Arcata, California. Known as @allisunelearns, she has been using Twitter as a personal learning network since January of 2009, and is currently connected to 400 and counting professionals and teachers involved with higher ed, corporate and K-12 online education, virtual worlds, social media and [...]

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Sticking Together to Create an Online Community

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By Desi St. Amant
Desi St. Amant is a middle school language arts and AVID teacher in Southern California. She is currently working to earn her MS in Education. As an online student, she has had many opportunities to work on team projects and collaborate with various members of online learning communities.
Introduction
I have come to [...]

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The OTL Icebreaker, Getting it Right the First Time

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By David Wahl
David Wahl is a retired fire chief and part-time Special Projects Manager for Los Medanos College located in Pittsburg, CA. He is pursuing a Master of Science in Education, Option in Online Teaching and Learning from California State University, East Bay and offers the following for OTL instructors focused on strengthening online [...]

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Virtual Teamwork: A Retrospective Perspective

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Jack Riviere is currently a student in California State University, East Bay’s Masters Program in Education (Online Teaching and Learning). As a middle school teacher in Santa Clara, California, he has found the topic of virtual teamwork to become increasingly important as more and more learning takes place in online learning communities.
There’s been a [...]

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Creating an Online Learning Community to Enhance Retention

Monday, August 17th, 2009

By Dmitriy Kalyagin
Dmitriy Kalyagin has been a business instructor at Chabot College in East Bay, California, since 2000. He is currently pursuing the MS degree in Online Teaching and Learning at California State University, East Bay.
Meet Donna H: a California community college student, in her early 50s. Donna worked for many years as [...]

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