Chapter 2 - Reconfiguring the Lecture
Alternatives to the Online Lecture(2007) available at www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/alternative.asp. An article that offers online instructors many alternatives to the lecture.
Brittain, Sarah, Pietrek Glowacki, Jared Van Ittersum, and Lynn Johnson. (2006) Podcasting Lectures: Formative Evaluation Strategies Helped Identify a Solution to a Learning Dilemma,Educause Quarterly 29. Available at http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0634.pdf. In an informative study that has enormous consequences for those reconfiguring lectures online, Brittain et al. surveyed a group of first-year dental students at the University of Michigan and found that they preferred audio-only lectures over video and PowerPoint lectures because of the mobility associated with podcasting.
Deitz, Corey (no date) How to Create Your Own Podcast"A Step-by-Step Tutorial.ÂAvailable at http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a_2.htm. As it says, a step-by-step guide to making a podcast.
Finkelstein, Jonathan (2006) Learning in Real Time: Synchronous Teaching and Learning Online, San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass. Everything you will ever want to know about using synchronous activities in the online classroom.
Fullmer-Umari, Marilyn (2000) The Syllabus and Other Online Indispensablesin Ken W. White and Bob H. Weight, The Online Teaching Guide:AHandbook of Attitudes, Strategies, and Techniques for the Virtual Classroom, Boston MA: Allyn and Bacon: 95"111. An excellent article that discusses the mechanics of producing a text-based online lecture.
Lehman, Rosemary M. and Richard A. Berg (2007) 147 Practical Tips for Synchronous and Blended Technology Teaching and Learning Madison WI, Atwood. This book offers some useful tips for using synchronous technology in the online classroom. However, the books constant referencing of websites is rather annoying. It seems that you have to read the book while you are viewing the websites to understand the authors point.
Ludington, Jake (2005) Create Podcasts Using your PC.Available at www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/05/create_podcasts_with_pc.html. A helpful article for those who wish to create podcasts using their own computer.
Yarrow, Bill (2006) Teaching Shakespeare Online.Paper presented at the meeting of The Popular Culture Association in the South and The American Culture Association in the South: Savannah, Georgia, October 5"7. Bill Yarrow, my colleague at Joliet Junior College, suggests that students are particularly open to imbedded lecture information after they have taken quizzes and participated in the discussion board.