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Live-Tweeting the Teaching History Online Panel at AHA 2012

A collection of the live-tweeting I did (plus a few others I re-tweeted as well) for the panel on teaching history in online classes at the 2012 American Historical Association annual conference in Chicago this last weekend. The panel took place in the afternoon on Friday, January 6, 2012.

  1. So here we go. The panel was called: "Successfully Teaching History in the Online Environment: Experiences, Tips, and Thoughts." You can find more information about this panel and its presenters from the AHA's online program here.
  2. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    After yesterday's tooth debacle, feeling okay enough to try a panel at #AHA2012 today. What's my choice? Panel on online teaching. Why not?
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  3. Just for clarity's sake, I had the mother of all toothaches/gum abscess/oral horror during the entire conference. It greatly reduced my conference fun. That's what I'm referring to here.
  4. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    So this online teaching panel has been decimated by flu apparently... #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  5. That meant that two of the presenters and the panel chair were not actually in attendance.
  6. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    1st up: Bill Paquette on successfully transitioning from classroom to online... Motivated by classroom routine becoming stale. #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  7. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette notes undefined came to the rescue for him, exposing him to online peer reviewed websites and pedagogy. #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  8. Undefined? That should be Merlot.org.
  9. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette: don't rush into online teaching; allow yourself time evolve into it. #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  10. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette: using online assignments based on Merlot to replace an exam score helped students learn about info gathering on the web. #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  11. At some point, I had a brief side conversation w/ Abby Schreiber, a PhD candidate in early US history. Much pithiness ensued.
  12. abschreiber
    Abby Schreiber@abschreiber
    @adevenney wondering if they are offering an online version of this panel lol
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  13. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    @abschreiber That's too much future for #AHA2012. ;-)
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  14. abschreiber
    Abby Schreiber@abschreiber
    @adevenney well as we discovered, online teaching is not contingent upon tech savviness
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  15. Now back to our regularly scheduled live-tweeting...
  16. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Seems like Paquette offers a large range of online based assign. and allows students to choose what they wanted to focus on. #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  17. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette: suggestions for online course... Transition slowly; build personal collection of materials; know college policies [+] #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  18. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    [+] Investigate college resources 4 online training & design; investigate online course design taught by colleagues & other disc. #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  19. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette: "Online needs to be more than textbook readings, discussion board, and examinations." #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  20. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette: "Determine what you want students to do for the 45 lecture hours they are missing." #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  21. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    What seems missing from Paquette's method? Online lectures, lecturecasting, or podcasting. That's a problem to me. #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  22. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette: "Between 75% to 80% of students in my online courses are women. Male students are the first to quit an online course." #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  23. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Paquette: "About 50% of enrolled students drop the course by the 8th week. They just don't want to do the work." #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  24. adevenney
    Andrew D Devenney@adevenney
    Somebody brought an infant to this panel. Wicked. #startlearningearly #AHA2012
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 19:33:12
  25. A very tiny infant it was. Very cute...

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