Blended Learning Toolkit. Effective Online Teaching. As I venture through my online teaching and course development I have been drawn to the question, what does an effective online teacher look like?
If I am to develop a good online course then I will need to know what aspect I need to include in the course that would facilitate good online teaching practices. 1. Provide helpful resources on the course site: their summary indicated that “guiding questions helped students focus and develop their projects” (pg. 21) 2. Let students have control over the pace that they work through the course: they did indicate that their findings were mixed and that the more successful students finished the work sooner than the less successful students.
Flipping the Classroom - Simply Speaking. Web 2.0. Online tools for teaching and learning (Web 2.0) eLearn Magazine. Blended Learning Toolkit. Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online. J.
V. Boettcher, Ph.D. Designing for Learning 2006 - 2013 Minor revisions May 2011 Our knowledge about what works well in online teaching and learning is growing rapidly and that is very good news. Here are ten best practices for anyone just getting started in the online environment. Best Practice 1: Be Present at the Course Site Liberal use of a faculty's use of communication tools such as announcements, discussion board postings, and forums communicate to the students that the faculty member cares about who they are, cares about their questions and concerns, and is generally "present" to do the mentoring and challenging that teaching is all about.
When faculty actively interact and engage students in a face-to-face classroom, the class develops as a learning community, developing intellectual and personal bonds. We have learned to quantify what it means to "be present. " Note: Students who feel abandoned or who feel alone may even post questions, such as "Is anybody there? " References. Effective Online Teaching. Blended Learning - 147 Resources. 7 Strategies to Make Your Online Teaching Better. This GradHacker post is by Andrea Zellner, PhD candidate in Ed Tech/Ed Pysch at Michigan State University, @andreazellner There is no doubt that online education has arrived in Higher Education.
Each year, the numbers of colleges and universities offering online courses increases. There is certainly appeal for these types of courses: students can better fit them into busy schedules and traveling to campus is no longer required. While I dabbled in teaching hybrid and online courses for a while, I have been teaching online for most of the past two years. Additionally, I began my graduate career in a hybrid PhD program: two weeks of face-to-face instruction with the rest of the instruction and work provided entirely online, and mostly asynchronously. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.Provide support for self-regulation. 7.
In the end, there is a lot to consider when teaching online. P.S. What are your tips for teaching online?