Instructional Materials

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• use materials that are interesting and up-to-date 
• ensure the material is accessible 
• present content in multiple ways in order to appeal to students’ different learning styles and align with Universal Design for Learning principles
• review materials to ensure they align with course learning objectives 
• ensure there are diverse and nonbiased unbiased representations of gender, race, ethnicities, etc. (Medel & Pournaghshband, 2017)

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Textbooks

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• Scans of book chapters and journal articles Widget Connectorurlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCAaRZJFJAU
• Links to databases and e-books
• These also include audiovisual materials, such as streaming film and music  

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Lecturing is another common method for delivering course content in person or online, during synchronous or asynchronous sessions. However, research shows that students lose attention after 10-15 minutes (Richardson, 2010), at most. 

Accordingly, it is recommended to use some of the following practices to make your lectures more engaging (Zimmerman & Steinke, 2015):

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OER are created by individual educators and institutions that seek to provide an alternative to the rising costs of education—and the create a more participatory, collaborative and global approach to teaching and learning.

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• In what ways do I/am I planning to communicate with students? 
• Do I have a clearly articulated guidelines for how to reach me and when to expect a response? 
• What is my plan for providing guidance and feedback on students’ work (what formative assessments, graded or nongraded do I have in place)? 
• Are my instructional materials as engaging and updated as possible?
• What learning activities do I have planned? How can I get involved?

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