TOOL: Calculator Soup

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Online calculators are in!  I just found another one that I’ve added to my list. It’s called Calculator Soup at http://www.calculatorsoup.com/.  It has clickable pages in mathematics, science, accounting and finance that list popular formulas. On these pages, you can input the parameters for a formula and then have the program calculate the appropriate measure.

3 Ways to Use a Wiki in Your Course

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In my online courses, I use wikis in conjunction with weekly discussion forums.  My students love the wiki assignments because it gives them a chance to create their own content instead of just responding to a discussion question.  Wikis are a collection of articles about a subject. Depending on your learning management system (LMS), users can add text, images, audio and even YouTube videos to the wiki.

In online courses, wiki assignments are always a fun and creative way to get students to learn a subject. Wikis enhance student learning by getting them to utilize deeper levels of cognition and engagement with a subject.  For my courses, I use wikis in a variety of ways. Some of the wikis my classes have completed include -

Creating Engaging Discussion Forums (Part 1 of 2)

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Most discussion forums are the “lifeline” of any online course. They are places where students can interact with each other and the instructor in order to build community.  Forums are one place where instructors can build a presence by engaging with their students in a more conversational and relaxed way.  While the tips in this article can be applied to many LMS's, here we'll talk about the discussion forums in the Moodle LMS.

Creating Engaging Discussion Forums (Part 2 of 2)

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In the first article of this series, I talked about the different types of discussion formats available in Moodle.  Now, let's discuss 8 ways to create more engaging discussion forums. There are a few must-haves you'll need to make your discussion forums more engaging and at the same time, easier for you to administer.