What a fantastic group of faculty we have in this workshop! You are all keeping up and showing great progress in your course shells. This module is about communication. It is easy to take for granted the amount of information we share with students in the traditional classroom. Those before and after class conversations, the discussions that evolve during class and the details we normally provide about special projects and assignments. The same information must be shared in the online classroom. We will specifically address the crucial information students need to get started in an online course and talk about several communication tools.

Let's not forget about the importance of adding your personality to the online course. We talked about several ways you can use multimedia tools to reflect your personality in the second group meeting. What appeals to you? A simple html page such as Notes from Dr.....? A weekly blog such as the Designovations? A quick video using your webcam? A podcast using the Wimba Podcaster tool? A green screen video? Watch the design workshop for the next green screen recording date in January.

Merry Christmas!

Additional Communication Tools

Voice Thread for educators: http://ed.voicethread.com/

UCO Broncho Blogs: Quick Guide http://www.uco.edu/technology/trc/guides/blogs-wikis/Blogs-Quick%20Guide.pdf

Blogger (free) http://www.blogger.com/

Twitter (free) http://www.twitter.com/

pbWorks (free and paid) http://www.pbworks.com/

Social Media/Networks
• Ning (free) http://www.ning.com/
• Facebook (free) http://www.facebook.com/
• Delicious social bookmarking (free) http://www.delicious.com/
• Flicker (free) http://www.flicker.com/
• MindMeister-Mind Map (free) http://www.mindmeister.com/

Video Sharing
• Youtube EDU (free) http://www.youtube.com/edu
• Teacher Tube (free) http://www.teachertube.com/