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The Reynolds Ripple: Communication Issues Emerge as Points of Greatest Student Concern in Online Classes
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Friday, February 4, 2011. Communication Issues Emerge as Points of Greatest Student Concern in Online Classes. In Spring 2010, the JSRCC Center for Distance Learning, with the assistance of the College's Office of Institutional Effectiveness, conducted a. Not surprisingly, various issues of. Of assignments, the comprehensibility. Interestingly, the students' focus...
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The Reynolds Ripple: Some Prevailing Characteristics of Millennial Learners
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Some Prevailing Characteristics of Millennial Learners. In addition, these learners were predominately academically prepared, physically fit, and mentally healthy; and they rejected organized religion as well as societal and parental values. Their family environment was relatively stable, and friendships were bound by proximity. They pre...
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The Reynolds Ripple: 8/28/11 - 9/4/11
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Students React to the New CDL 001: Orientation to Learning Online. Meg Foster, QEP Assistant Coordinator, recently shared details. About the new CDL 001: Orientation to Learning Online. And Engaging with Resources. Each of these areas is subdivided into smaller learning units which provide information and instruction on topics such as.
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The Reynolds Ripple: The Question of Multimodal Composing: What’s That (Visual) Argument? (Part 2 of 2)
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The Question of Multimodal Composing: What’s That (Visual) Argument? Part 2 of 2). This post continues the discussion begun in Part One of the article, published on March 14, 2011. Students entering the academy in the twenty-first century arrive with ample exposure to digital technologies and varying degrees of exposure to multimodal texts...
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The Reynolds Ripple: Open Educational Resources: The Real Democratization of Education
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Thursday, March 3, 2011. Open Educational Resources: The Real Democratization of Education. In a recent post. A good starting point for further information about OERs and their connection to community colleges in particular is The Community College Consortium for OERs. This site provides links to the top "Featured Sites" that house a variety of rich material.
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The Reynolds Ripple: Rigor in the Distance Learning Classroom (An Ode to America’s Sport)
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Monday, April 11, 2011. Rigor in the Distance Learning Classroom (An Ode to America’s Sport). In honor of National Community College Month, we are publishing the personal reflections of our faculty. These reflections focus upon the general topic. 8220;This I believe about the mission and value of community colleges today,”. Whereas I won’t pretend to draw pa...
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The Reynolds Ripple: A Teaching Tip: Good Note-Taking Strategies Increase Retention of Learning
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Tuesday, February 15, 2011. A Teaching Tip: Good Note-Taking Strategies Increase Retention of Learning. I've been working with my ENG 107 students lately on taking good notes. Besides the basic hints in their textbook, we also watched, and took notes on, a video from Dartmouth College. About taking- and follow-up processing- class notes. A Suggestion for Faculty.
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The Reynolds Ripple: 9/11/11 - 9/18/11
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Monday, September 12, 2011. FIPSE Authorizes Funding for JSRCC's Third and Final Grant Year. Just as JSRCC launched its QEP, the College was fortunate to receive a Funds for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant of over $400,000 to support the implementation and assessment plans for. Links to this post. Typing Speed and Accuracy. Life Factors me...
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The Reynolds Ripple: The Impact of Digital Literacy in Education (Part 2)
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Monday, February 28, 2011. The Impact of Digital Literacy in Education (Part 2). One way that educational institutions are seeking to accommodate the needs of the Millennial learner is through the use of media literacy tools such as multimedia textbooks. Pratt and Pratt, 2009, p. 1). One such educational association is the National School Board Association. This o...
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The Reynolds Ripple: 8/14/11 - 8/21/11
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Highlighting the Efforts of Reynolds Community College to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia. Thursday, August 18, 2011. Over the summer months,. Took a brief break, but we now look forward to another active and exciting academic year. Described in an earlier post. And on the development of Tier Two faculty training modules. We also encourage you to continue to send in your comments and inquiries to rippleeffect@reynolds.edu. Links to this post. The module...
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