Archives for April 2013

How to Setup Custom Flipboard Subscription for #ET4Online

If you are looking for an elegant way on your mobile device to follow #ET4Online conversations on Twitter, consider creating a custom section on Flipboard for following the saved Twitter search #et4online. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to do so.

Similar steps could be followed to add other streams of #et4online social media to Flipboard…give it a try!

Sharing My ET4Online Experiences and Takeaways

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For the next several days, I’m in Las Vegas for the Sloan Consortium 6th Annual International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning. I’ve had the privilege of serving on the steering committee for this conference this year and also will be presenting.

I look forward to accepting the “challenge” of sharing my experience and takeaways of the conference. My blog here will be the primary home for my shared notes and social media, more to follow on my plan to knit my social media tools together to here on my blog and to “mob log” my experiences using just my iPhone.

Let the sharing begin! You’ll find me sharing my et4online experience at the following social media locations.

I'm sharing on Twitter I'm sharing on Google+ I’m sharing on Instagram and Flickr I'm sharing on a blog I'm sharing on YouTube

Presence and Engagement in Online Teaching

This video, found thanks to Graham Attwell, highlights the role of the teacher in creating and sustaining a learning community, developing presence and fostering engagement.

What additional tips might you offer faculty seeking to develop a sense of “presence” in their online teaching?