Online Pedagogy News and Information

This blog explores online pedagogy and course design in support of the rapidly developing online major in the University of Colorado Denver Department of Political Science. The blog will explore the practical and theoretical aspects of online learning. The goal is to establish online courses that engage students, excite them about the discipline, and empower them as citizens. It will also explore ways to meet the needs of diverse student populations online. Submissions from faculty teaching online and wanting to share best practices and other reflections are welcome. I also welcome questions and will meet with any faculty member to discuss anything related to teaching online. Email me at harvey.bishop@ucdenver.edu.

3 Steps to Quickly Move Classes Online

March 14, 2020

The rapid move to remote and online learning this semester is a Black Swan: a rare disruptive event with massive impacts. To supplement my quick-start guide to launching an online class consider this the bare bones version to help you develop a functional online learning environment quickly and as painlessly...

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Converting a Conventional Class to an Online Class Part 3

Feb. 6, 2020

Start with your syllabus schedule. Rest assured this can stay the same whatever format you are teaching in. Use your syllabus schedule to rough in the contours of your online course shell in Canvas. Use the modules link to organize your course into modules. Modules gather pages related to each...

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Converting a Conventional Class to an Online Class Part 2

Feb. 5, 2020

The post will compare and contrast the experience of teaching online and teaching in the traditional classroom. There’s no denying it can be hard to conceptualize a new way of teaching a course and translating it into the online space. Is online inferior or superior to face-to-face classes? It is...

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Converting a Conventional Class to an Online Class Part 1

Feb. 5, 2020

I remember my first assignment to do an online class in 2005. Near panic set in. How would I structure and teach this class? I couldn’t wrap my head around how to translate my syllabus and the learning content into a new pedagogical world. How could I recreate the lectures,...

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Canvas Mobile App: A Review

Feb. 5, 2020

The Positives: The Canvas Teacher app for mobile is useful for responding quickly to student messages. The grading functionality is good and does adequately replace the previous Canvas SpeedGrader mo0bile app. New this year, you can view and make text only edits or corrections to course module content. This makes...

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Using Zoom for Online Course Guest Speakers

Nov. 19, 2019

Being online doesn’t mean you have to give up having guest speakers bring different perspectives and unique viewpoints to your students. In this post: 1) Why Zoom is an effective way to record guest speaker content for classes 2) How to prepare for a Zoom recording session 3) Recording Zoom...

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