Teaching the same course several times a year can get monotonous. That’s not good for your or your students. Although those of us who teach online have a variety of tools and modalities to grab students’ attention, it is always nice to add variety.

Rita-Marie Conrad and J. Ana Donaldson have gathered ideas from online instructors from all over. Their book, Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction (Online Teaching and Learning Series (OTL) is full of so many ideas that neither you nor your students will not get bored for a long while. Read the rest of this entry »