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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Teaching Online--A Research-Based Guide for Academics
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McMahon, Tim; Thakore, Hemal – Quality of Higher Education, 2008
The essential lessons from the research literature on successful e-learning are brought together to show how to structure online learning. The results are presented within the framework provided by the seven maxims for effective teaching formulated by McMahon (2006).
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Online Courses, Teaching Methods
Achieving Constructive Alignment: Putting Outcomes First
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McMahon, Tim; Thakore, Hemal – Quality of Higher Education, 2006
This paper starts from the premise that using learning outcomes to organise the curriculum has been demonstrated to be beneficial to both students and teachers. Accepting, however, that there are legitimate concerns over the extent to which the use of learning outcomes can inhibit originality and critical thinking of students, this paper uses the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Critical Thinking, Alignment (Education)