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This article examines the benefits of Flickr and the use of its advanced search options, briefly discusses some licensing conditions that instructors need to keep in mind, and poses reliability questions that will help you make good photo choices for your instructional content.

Classroom Discussions are a vibrant learning experience.

This article reviews current research on the multigenerational online classroom, identifies the defining characteristics of the different generations that may be present in a classroom, describes the challenges of a multigenerational online classroom, and suggests adapting a conceptual framework for the multigenerational workplace (called MEET) to enhance the multigenerational online classroom.

This article briefly discusses Chickering and Gamson's (1987) Seven Principles as a means for building an effective teaching and learning environment. It then describes how these principles were incorporated into the design of what is now an award-winning, highly interactive online foreign language course.

This article provides a brief overview about cognitive approaches concerning student learning processes and what we as instructors can learn from the findings of some well-known educational researchers.

Field trips to different venues provide a rich and engaging learning experience for students. However, this is difficult--if not impossible--to accomplish for online classes. This article discusses virtual tours that were organized for UMUC graduate students in ITEC 610 and ITEC 620 and lessons learned when using emerging technologies to support learning in the online environment.

In an online environment, particularly with written text, comments and responses can be read and reread, and tones can easily be misconstrued. This article discusses some strategies for structuring the online classroom to create a safe, open, and respectful climate.

This article discusses the common issues and good practices behind setting up clear expectations in online classrooms.

In the Summer 2009 session, a BEHS teacher and the EWC's senior adviser teamed up to provide students with a chance to publish their PowerPoint presentations on a UMUC student Web site funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

This article shares a professor's experience of applying cloud computing in a UMUC graduate course, specifically the use of Google Docs. It provides a background of the concept, describes how it was applied in the classroom, lists the advantages and disadvantage of the application and presents a number of best practices based on the experience.