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Viva Las Vegas! COFA Online receives MERLOT Classic Award in the USA

Posted by Simon McIntyre - August 17th, 2012

Simon McIntyre and Karin Watson receive their award for Learning to Teach Online from MERLOT Executive Director Gerry Hanley in Las Vegas, USA.

COFA Online receive MERLOT Classics award for Learning to Teach Online in Las Vegas

It was with great pleasure that Simon McIntyre and Karin Watson received the 2012 MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources – MERLOT Classics, at an awards luncheon in Las Vegas recently. As part of the award, McIntyre and Watson were invited to showcase the project with a 40 minute presentation at the The 5th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning (et4online).

It was a fantastic conference with over 700 delegates attending from all over the United States and several other countries. Everyone was so friendly and appreciative of the work that went into the Learning to Teach Online project, and the positive impact it has had on professional development for educators around the world. 

You can watch a video describing the project and award here.

 

Download and read the MERLOT press release about the award ->

 

We would like to extend our thanks to Cathy Swift, Ray Purdom and Gerry Hanley for their excellent hospitality and support at the event! The plaque now has pride of place on our office wall!

 

   

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Learning to Teach Online hits 150,000 unique views in 139 countries!

Posted by Simon McIntyre - May 18th, 2012
Thanks to educators worldwide for your continued support of the project!

We are so glad more and more educators continue to discover and use the Learning to Teach Online resouces

Today our video and PDF episodes have hit the 150,000 unique views milestone! We are glad some 19 months after the first episodes were released that educators from higher ed, K-12, vocational and private education sectors continue to find the wisdom of those academics, support staff and students featured in the eiposdes valuable to their own teaching.

Since the Final Project Report was released in November 2011, more research has been conducted on where the project has been used. The newest tally of instances of where Learning to Teach Online has been embedded, linked to or re-presented on the net (that we could find!) are as below:

- 150,054 unique views from 139 countries and territories

- 135 instances of the resources being used in educational or professional development programs in higher ed, K-12, vocational and private education/consultancy sectors

- 153 institutional links to the project as part of their learning and teaching support for staff

- 80 reviews and video embeds by educators in their personal blogs

 

We are very grateful for all of the support and sincerely hope that everyone who have used, or are using the resources find them helpful in improving their own online teaching practice! It is great to see the project live on well beyond its official conclusion!

   

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Our Podcasts Make Top 12 in iTunes U Great Collections

Posted by Simon McIntyre - May 9th, 2012
Our elearning podcasts appearing on the front page of iTunes U Great Collections

Learning to Teach Online in Top 12 'Great Collections' of iTunes U Teaching & Education Category

It has been 18 months since the first Learning to Teach Online episodes were released, but our research is showing more and more educational institutions continue to embed and link to the project. Apple's iTunes U has recently added a Great Collections category on the front page of the Teaching & Education section, and we are happy to say that we made the top 12 educational collections!

Thanks everyone for your support. If you haven't downloaded our episodes onto your iPhone or iPad yet, you can do so here.

   

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