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Take a look at the latest quick reads written or curated by online teaching and learning experts at Risepoint.

Dr. Thomas Harvey
Faculty Research Grants

Faculty Spotlight: Thomas Harvey EdD

Dr. Thomas Harvey, a Clinical Instructor and the Director of Field Supervisor at Lamar University’s College of Education and Human Development, is an Risepoint grant recipient.

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Resource News

Resource News – May 2023

Conferences CanvasCon Texas 2023 – Instructure – May 19 (Fort Worth) Instructure is excited to partner with Tarrant County College and AWS to bring you

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Guidance

Quick Tips for Online Assessments

As you design the content of your course, you’ll think a lot about assessment methods. Online assessments and assignments should take into consideration the their online audience, which is typically a population of adult learners.

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Guidance

Promoting Participation in Discussions

In the online, constructivist learning environment, rich and robust collaborative knowledge construction occurs on the discussion board. The constructivist approach shifts the focus from the

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Resource News

Resource News – April 2023

A collection of online teaching and learning news, conferences, white papers, research, and webinars. Get the latest resource news today!

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Guidance

Prompt Examples for Discussion Boards

These prompt examples for discussion boards provide faculty course developers with templates and inspiration for creating strong, community-building discussions for their students in various areas of their course and at various levels of course difficulty.

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Resource News

Resource News – March 24, 2023

Conferences OLC Innovate: Education Reimagined – OLC  April 2-6 (Virtual), 18-21 (Nashville)OLC and MERLOT are pleased to announce OLC Innovate 2023 and the opening of

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