Achilles, W., Byrd, K., Felder-Strauss, J., Franklin, P., & Janowich, J. (2011, March). Engaging students through communication and contact: Outreach can positively impact your students and you! Journal of Online Teaching and Learning, 1 (7). Retrieved from: http://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no1/byrd_0311.htm Ammendolia, M. (2011, Sept.). The online instructor's challenge: Helping newbies. In Kelly, R. (Ed.). Faculty Focus:...
Online Tutoring is one of the many ways that BMCC is extending its academics support services to students to make their college career a success. Online Tutoring connects students with certified BMCC tutors from any internet-enabled device. Students can use chat, screen-sharing, whiteboard and /or audio-video features to speak with a tutor in real-time.Live Online...
Over the past three years, e-learning enrollments at BMCC have continued to grow. In 2019-20 we expect to have 1,000 sections and close to 20,000 enrollments. Join our efforts to provide students with online learning opportunities that support student success. Teaching Online From the Instructor's Point of View Watch as one of our BMCC...
As a teacher you are already a practicing instructional designer. You develop curricula, plan your lessons, develop assessment and evaluate how you can improve your teaching from semester to semester, all of which are part of the ID process. As a discrete discipline, instructional design differs from what you do only in that it...
Questions About Teaching Online Many instructors have questions about teaching e-learning courses. "What will teaching the courses be like? How will I make the course? What is a learning management system and how does it work?" are just some of the questions many instructors ask themselves. This video addresses some of the questions and...
Most of us grew up in a world where instruction was generally delivered by a lecture and a textbook. Perhaps a workbook based on behaviorist principles was used as well. When another medium was used it was generally strictly under the control of the instructor, such as a filmstrip or a video. Today, with...
2016-2020 Mission Statement The mission of BMCC’s E-Learning Center is to foster, support, and promote excellence in teaching and learning in fully online, online, hybrid and web- enhanced courses and programs; to enhance student engagement and retention in e-learning courses; to encourage scholarship of innovative teaching and learning practices that meet the needs of...
Teaching online means more than just typing up lectures and putting them on the web. Read below for specific tips and recommendations from fellow BMCC faculty. Interaction in teaching online Interaction between students and teacher, between students and other students, and between students and content--is a crucial learning tool. This interaction often happens unconsciously,...
You can complete your work from anywhere in the world at any time. Anytime means day or night; however online courses have regular assignments and deadlines. Your instructor will expect you to have assignments completed by their due dates.Depending on the specific requirements of your course, you should generally plan to log on 3-5 times...
Effective Thursday, March 19, 2020, all tutors scheduled to work at 199 Chambers St. and Fiterman Hall will be working online. Please use your BMCC student email and password to schedule an online appointment with a tutor at bmcc.upswing.io. If you have any questions, contact Howard Harris at hharris@bmcc.cuny.edu or Leticia Dinkins at ldinkins@bmcc.cuny.edu....
