The latest issue of an innovative e-zine, called the DE Oracle, which was created for UMUC faculty by the Distance Education and Technology Services Department of the Graduate School, features the first installment of a multi-part series devoted to keys to success for effective online teaching. Titled "Helpful Hints for Effective Online Teaching," the series, as noted on the Oracle web site, "will span the lifecycle of a typical online class. In each issue of the DE Oracle, we’ll focus on a different aspect of online teaching that emerged from our discussions with seasoned faculty members."

There’s much more at the Oracle web site. Marco Maertens, assistant dean, Distance Education Graduate School, says the DE Oracle "is a central resource for faculty that contains all our training materials. It also provides a bunch of ‘how to’ resources. It comes out every two months. We focus our energies on the needs of our graduate faculty, but we also try to make it as accessible and pertinent as possible to undergraduate faculty."

http://info.umuc.edu/de/ezine/