California Virtual Campus

New Teachers: Alone in the Classroom, Together in the Chatroom
Flint Christensen teaches math at a middle school in Oakland, CA. He is also a candidate for a MS in Education, Option in Online Teaching & Learning from California State University, East Bay.
Introduction
New teachers enter their profession with wild-eyed optimism and equipped with an abundant […]

The Perfect Online Campus: What’s Missing
By Lisa Ramsey-Simpson
July 27, 2008
About the author: I have had the opportunity to take both online and face to face university classes. My first experience was over 10 years ago as a student of San Francisco State University. Although the campus and classes were great, I left San Francisco […]

Can you hear me now? Using online tools to connect with adjunct faculty.
by
Ann E. Shelley
Ann has been working as a California Community College adjunct instructor teaching English as a Second Language since August 2003. She is currently shuttling between Gavilan College in Gilroy and Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is also pursuing a Master’s Degree […]

Clarice Sawai
California State University Eastbay
February 25, 2008
Introduction
Wondering how to communicate within a traditional online course (Western-style) that will appeal and not offend the adult Japanese learner? This short article describes my thoughts on Japanese culture and etiquette and its potential impact on communication in the online environment. At this time, there is limited […]

Amy Graff
EDUI 6707
February 10, 2008
Having taught at a community college for several years, I remember many students who literally sat in class and did not seem to have many connections. Being part of a community is extremely important in college. Adding clubs online to the existing on campus ones would be very beneficial. It would […]

Virtually every online educator has dreams of creating their own interactive website. Some may be wishing they could host online forums where their students could discuss assignments and collaborate on projects. For others, having a centralized place for their students to blog or develop interlinked wikis would be on their “dream site.” What is on […]

By Herb Centeno
Introduction
As I began thinking about the importance of interactivity in on-line learning, the memory of a green plastic screen and a conversation I had with “Clarabelle” came back to me. The green screen was my first experience with an interactive medium for learning, and it obviously had quite an impact on me. In […]

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) reported the following benefits after conducting a test pilot to evaluate student achievement resulting from educational gaming:
• Reinforcement of Cognitive Skills
• Helping Students Understand Abstract Concepts
• Improved 21st Century Literacy
• Increased Motivation
• Timeliness and Feedback
• Support for the Core Curriculum
• Learning How to Take risks and deal with losing in a safe environment
While CoSN […]

Leadership Training and Online Learning; are these the equivalent to oil and water?
Online training or “e-learning” is here to stay. With higher costs of production and lost time to attend a face-to-face (F2F) or Instructor Lead Training (ILT) classes, organizations are learning to adapt and cope to the high cost of running a business […]

Debbie Wilson
California State University, East Bay
February 8, 2008
My finger hovered just above the “enter” key on my computer keyboard, then moved away, hovered again, and finally pressed the key that added my name to the roster for EDUI 7801, Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning. My reluctance to seal the deal gave me pause […]