Q: What is the best teaching style for science?

A: read this article
ASU professor recognized for innovations in science education | ASU News

Q: I am looking for a way to use a branching scenario in my video to make it interactive. Is it possible to do for a person withough special video editing skills?

A: Yes, you can do it with YouTube! The key word is to add annotation to your video. This article will help:  
 http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=92710

http://www.movements.org/how-to/entry/how-to-make-your-youtube-videos-more-interactive-by-adding-annotations/

Notes

• Annotations appear on standard YouTube players and embedded players.
• Annotations do not appear on custom YouTube chromeless players.
• Annotations do not appear in video playbacks taking place on mobile, tablet and TV devices.

Q: Where I can find free high-quality resources for my courses?

A: The answer is MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching): http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
It is free and open online teaching community.

Q: I've been looking for more flexible and easy to customize LMS for our online classes? What are the most competitive solutions on a market right now?

A: After attending the 4th Annual QM (Quality Matters) Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning Program I would look closer at products like Canvas: http://www.instructure.com/
http://www.instructure.com/higher-education
Also SoftChalk offers solutions for eLearning initiatives: http://softchalk.com/

Q: I am new to teaching online. What resources would you recommend to start with?

A: Welcome to Online teaching community! Explore the articles here: http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/
It will help you to "make the jump to online education".

Q: Do you have any examples on how to do storyboard for educational video?

A: See techniques recommended for story-boarding below.

Storyboard the Simpsons way: http://www.animationmeat.com/pdf/televisionanimation/strybrd_the_simpsonsway.pdf

Example of the school district template: http://schools.shorelineschools.org/home_education/Forms/Video%20Storyboard.pdf

Example of Educational Video Storyboard: https://sites.google.com/site/heidiedtec541/educational-video-storyboard

Examples of a movies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FOKJk-7K9gY

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?landing_page=General+Teacher+Videos+Landing+Page&gclid=COa005Pw07ICFQWCQgod4lUAtQ

Power Point for story-boarding: http://www.joedeegan.com/educational-video-storyboard-ed-tech-561/

Storyboard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWPjjoOFIu8

Free storyboard software: http://www.atomiclearning.com/storyboardpro

Q: What is the mindset for the class of 2016?

A: You can see it here:
http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2016/

Webinar: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/webcast/back-school-understanding-mindset-todays-modern-student

Q: How college education could be transformed through technology?

A: Look at the recent interview with Bill Gates with The Chronicle about his foundation's vision and approach in shaping higher education today:
http://chronicle.com/article/A-Conversation-With-Bill-Gates/132591/

Q: How to maximize creativity among my students? What technology is available for that? Do you have some tips to share?

A: I just came across the article "Your creative brain at work" by Evangelia G. Chrisikou. You can read the original at

Scientific American Mind 23, 24 - 31 (2012) Published online: 7 June 2012

http://www.nature.com/scientificamericanmind/journal/v23/n3/box/scientificamericanmind0712-24_BX2.html

or check my presentation about the tips to maximize your creativity based on this article:

http://asuonline.voicethread.com/share/3283120/

Educational technology is here to engage your students in a conversation about creativity and innovation. I used VoiceThread tool to create it: http://voicethread.com/
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).

Q: What is polling?

A: Polling is a wonderful online tool. You can download it from http://www.polleverywhere.com it helps to engage student into a discussion. You can get their answers in private in text. You can do vote on answers. You can demonstrate a common misconception. It could be used for a great starting discussion about students' expectations in your class. See more tips from social media expert, John Orlando: http://www.magnapubs.com/bio/193/

Q: Where I can find a template? I am designing for and teaching online for the first time.

A: Ocean Online College is a great resource.

http://www.itcnetwork.org/resources/itc-newsletter/645-master-course-development-at-ocean-online-college.html

You can start with a Master Course Author Kit

Q: Do you know about any alternative aproaches for online teaching in Academia?

A: I would like to introduce you to iversity: http://www.iversity.org/
iversity's approach is both interdisciplinary as well as decidedly international. For the time being, the platform is available in English and German. “In a sense we are going back to the original vision of the World Wide Web: to facilitate the exchange of information and to build a network of knowledge within the academic community,” explains Jonas Liepmann, who founded iversity while he was still at university.

Q: How the higher education is transforming ?

A: Arizona State University is the largest public university in the U.S., and Dr. Michael Crow has been its president for the last decade. He talks to Charlie Rose about his work and the role education can and should continue to play in our lives.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7415304n&tag=mncol;lst;1

Q: How to prevent cheating in the online class?

A: Here is the link to the article "Online Classes See Cheating Go High-Tech" where the author discuss the problem of cheating and possible solutions: http://chronicle.com/article/Cheating-Goes-High-Tech/132093/

Q: I want to sent personalized feedback in a video format to my students. Can I do this through my emails?

 A: Look at an Outlook add-in for video emails.

Get Your Covideo Free Trial Now and Start Sending Video Emails

Q: Plagiarism Ignored?

A:  FYI

Arizona State faculty members question handling of plagiarism allegations | Inside Higher Ed

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/11/arizona-state-faculty-members-question-handling-plagiarism-allegations

Q: I have received a DVD with files to transfer to my course, and I wanted to ask you what do you typically use to do this?

A: You need to find a DVD-decrypter tool. Check what is available for free download. I recommend videohelp website: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/DVD-Decrypter

Q: What platform would your recommend for an educator who wants to share his/her teaching practices online?

A: The best way is to create the educational video and distribute it at TED-Ed:

http://ed.ted.com/about

TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED's, and easily create a customized lesson around the video. Users can distribute the lessons, publicly or privately, and track their impact on the world, a class, or an individual student. 

http://youtu.be/FfJ5XG5i2aw

Q: Do you have any information about free courses available online?

A: Check the following resources:

Khan Academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/about

The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.

All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge. 

Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/

Education for Everyone.

We offer courses from the top universities, for free.
Learn from world-class professors, watch high quality lectures, achieve mastery via interactive exercises, and collaborate with a global community of students.

Udacity

http://www.udacity.com/courses

- Welcome to Udacity! We currently offer the following courses, with many more to come. All our courses are free, and you are welcome to sign up at any time. CS101 and CS373 are now open classes, you can enroll and follow along at your own pace. The remainder of our classes are being offered for the first time, new units will be posted once every week starting April 16th for seven weeks, and we suggest you follow along if you can although it is not required. We currently offer exams for all classes every eight weeks. 

Open Culture

http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

450 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Q: What is Universal Design for Learning?

A: Universal Design for Learning is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn.

UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.
http://cast.org/udl/index.html 
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

Q: How I can visualize data? I want to show US Crude Oil Imports By Source, 2011 as a map.

A: Google>>Fusion Maps is a good place to experiment. Here is what I found on

US Crude Oil Imports By Source, 2011:

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=16OLwvCqQoplrHkiUb1CmOz3S90mJszD2FQtEZHc

Choose Visualize>>Intensity Map. Pretty cool, ah?

Q: What technology is available for free to create video for my class?

A: New service knovio: http://www.knovio.com/

Create: bring “flat” PowerPoint® slides to life with your webcam, microphone

Edit: make changes, without the need for video editing software or skills

Share: publish instantly to private spaces or your social networks

Jux: https://jux.com/ gives your user-friendly opportunity to design any content. Use Fkickr (creative Commons licensed) images: http://www.flickr.com/

With MentorMob http://www.mentormob.com/ you can be creative and organize your content.

You can use your iPad as whiteboard with ShowMe application: http://www.showme.com/

ShowMe is an open learning community where you can learn or teach any subject.

If you use Google+ - hangouts offer you whiteboard options as well.

Camtasia Relay gives you an option to upload your video content directly to YouTube channel.

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-relay.html

Q: Is it important to reflect United Nations Millennium Development goals in objectives for my course?

A: By adopting United Nations Millennium Development goals in your curriculum you support the universal primary education. Here is the link to 8 goals and other resources: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

You can learn more about initiatives, especially about sustainability: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/environ.shtml . For example,  use fact sheets to explain to your students where  do we stand regarding drinking water situation  etc.

Q: I'd like to create Wiki page for my class. How do I start?

A: Wiki  proved to be a great tool for collaboration. You can request Wiki through ASU Blackboard: http://help.asu.edu/sims/selfhelp/SelfhelpKbView.seam?parature_id=8373-8193-4586 

or build your own outside of Blackboard.

Here is the link to a brief response and resources: https://educators.pbworks.com/w/page/18697857/StudentWikiAssessment
The advantage of using Wiki instead of Google documents is: you can track individual contribution of the student to evaluate his/her participation in the collaborative project: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Meighan/Tracking_Contributions:_Recent_Activity

Q: There are innovative techniques based on neuroscientific research to engage students and raise smarter, happier and healthier learners. Where I find resources about that?

A: please explore Edutopia website and especially Judy Willis blog:

http://whatworks.wholechildeducation.org/about-blog/

Q: Where I can learn more about Whole Child Education?

 A: I would recommend this blog:

About the Blog « Whole Child Education

Q: I created video for my class. Where to look for legal music to use in it?

A: Creative commons provides the resources of legal music for videos: http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos

Q: I'd like to set a webinar. How do I do that?

A: Web conferencing resources:

about AdobeConnect at ASU:
http://help.asu.edu/sims/selfhelp/SelfhelpKbView.seam?parature_id=8373-8193-5014

about Google+
http://qaetools.blogspot.com/2011/09/q-can-expand-my-communication-without.html

about networking space + mobile - Podio:
http://qaetools.blogspot.com/2011/12/q-i-am-looking-for-online-networking.html

Free "blackboard" - open source course management system - Moodle
http://moodle.org/

Overview of the top ten web conferencing services:
http://tomuse.com/top-10-free-web-conference-services/

Q: I am looking for guidance to use copyright protected materials in my course. What documents should I be aware of?

A: The best solution is to implement TEACH Act. Please see the list of resources compiled by ASU Online:

Fair Use Law
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=distanceed&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25939
Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com/Services/copyrightoncampus/basics/teach.html

ASU
http://www.asu.edu/copyright/
http://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd125.html
http://libguides.asu.edu/content.php?pid=29995&sid=233805
Examples of other Universities addressing copyright materials:
University of Texas
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html#toolkit
North Carolina State University
http://www.provost.ncsu.edu/copyright/toolkit/

TEACH Act Checklist
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html#toolkit
http://teaching.colostate.edu/guides/copyright/downloads/checklist.pdf
Extensive Checklist
http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/forms/relatedfiles/teachactchecklist.pdf
Letter for Copyright Permission
http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/frequently-asked-questions/toolkit/
TEACH Act Decision Flowchart
http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/files/2007/12/copyright-review-flow-chart-v3x.pdf
Educause Resources
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/TEACH%20Act/33345

Q: Where I can find information about online workshops offered at ASU?

A: UTO Training provides a variety of free in-person and online workshops at - please follow this link:

https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/utotraining/

Q: I would like to have a list of the e-mail addresses of the students in my course but can't seem to extract them from the Blackboard site. Is there a way to put the addresses into a text file?

A: Yes.

From your Blackboard site's control panel:

1. Go to User Management > List/Modify Users
2. Place your cursor directly to the right of the first letter of the first name on the list, click and hold.
3. Drag down to highlight the rest of the page
4. Hit Ctrl & C or Apple & C on your keyboard to copy
5. Open a blank text file page (such as Notebook)
6. Click in the top left corner of the blank text file page, and hit Ctrl & V or Apple & V on your keyboard to paste
7. Save text file page to desktop and close
8. Open Excel and from the File menu, select Open
9. Find the text file page you just saved in the dialog box that opens, select it, and click the Open button (you may have to change "Files of type" to "All Files" or "Text Files" to find it)
10. In the next dialog box that opens, select Delimited and click Next
11. Select "Space" as your delimiter and click Next
12. Click Finish
13. Double click the top of the column in Excel that has the e-mail addresses
14. Hit Ctrl & C or Apple & C on your keyboard to copy
15. Now you can paste the list into a text file or into your e-mail. You can also paste them directly into a To line of an e-mail composition and hit enter. In most clients, this will put them each on a separate line. You could also paste them into the address book. 

http://www.princeton.edu/bb/bbfaq/Questions/email.htm