Editorial: Promoting Online Presence and Interaction in Digital Learning Environments

By Erika E. Smith, PhD, Associate Professor and Faculty Development Consultant, Mount Royal University As we continue to reflect upon how our expanded use of technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic will have implications for online teaching and learning now and into the future, it is valuable for educators and educational technologists alike to contemplate whether …

Press Release: Summer 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Peer-Reviewed Online Teaching Practices Added to Open Repository Orlando, Florida, US – July 11, 2022 – The editors of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) are pleased to announce 8 peer-reviewed entries accepted for publication from the Spring 2022 Call for Submissions. TOPR is an open platform for online/blended faculty and instructional …

Editorial: Making the Most of Online Discussion Boards

by: Susan Wegmann, Associate Dean of Digital Learning and Innovation, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, and TOPR Editorial Board member In an online course, the discussion board can be a powerful interaction tool or it can be a repository of disingenuous comments made by less than enthusiastic students. Creating and sustaining an effective online discussion seems …

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Press Release: Summer 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Peer-Reviewed Online Teaching Practices Added to Open Repository Orlando, Florida, US – July 13, 2021 – The editors of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) are pleased to announce the new peer-reviewed entries accepted for publication from the Spring 2021 Call for Submissions. Entries were received from faculty and designers in multiple …

Press Release: Spring 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Online Teaching Practices Added to Open Repository Orlando, Florida, US – March 22, 2020 – The editors of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) are pleased to announce the new entries accepted for publication from the Fall 2019 Call for Submissions. Entries were received from faculty and designers in multiple disciplines from …

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Press Release: Entries from April 2019’s “Mini-Call”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Online Teaching Practices Added to Open Repository Orlando, Florida, US – November 18, 2019 – The editors of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) are pleased to announce the new entries accepted for publication from the April 2019 TOPR “Mini-Call” for Submissions. Entries were received from faculty and designers in multiple disciplines …

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