ONLINE TEACHING 101



ONLINE TEACHING 101Keep Teaching OnlineThis section provides guidelines and resources to help you continue teaching online when you or your students are unable to meet on campus due to necessary social distancing requirements.Preparation Instructors need to continue to adapt their courses to teach and support students online due to the inability to convene on campus. Changing academic delivery can impact students’ abilities to engage with planned course activities and complete assignments. In your instructional role, consider how the following approaches can mitigate these challenges:?Stay informed about the nature of the academic changes.Receive Notifications?from FayText on your cell phone, the main web site, or social media.Bookmark?FTCC’s Coronavirus Information Page to view current campus operating conditions and contact information for campus safety resources.Continue to communicate often and share resources.Update students as you make (or plan to make) any revisions to the course.Share with students how to keep in contact with you (e.g., email, online office hours, phone) and when you are available to support them.Expect that more frequent communication—via a variety of channels—are required compared to on-campus class sessions.Identify resources on Wakelet (provided by Instructional Coaches) to support instruction.Weekly publication: The Coaching Chronicles NewsletterHelp students navigate your online course.Share how to access Library Resources?when students are off campus.Introduce any tools which may be new to the online course by offering students opportunities to practice using them.Invite help from students who can assist peers in learning to use the tools.Remind students of grading criteria to help them remain oriented to the flow of the course.Anticipate that your teaching and your students’ experiences may be different during the change of academic delivery.Adjust your expectations for student participation and communication given that they may lack power, internet access, or shelter, or may need to address personal safety, family care, illness, or safety concerns.Be ready to handle requests for extensions and adjustments to coursework equitably.Explore the?Strategies?and?Resources?sections to identify which campus-supported tools you may need to use.Resources (VLC Website)The resources listed below represent both service offerings at FTCC and external resources that may help you as you continue your instruction online.? This is an evolving list as additional resources are identified.FTCC ResourcesBelow, you will find resources and service offerings specific to UNC to help you make this transition.FTCC Help Desk?– View knowledge articles or make a service request through FTCC’s Service Desk.Blackboard Help?– View Blackboard tutorialsDisability Support Services & Accessibility–Information about key accessibility considerations for students with accommodations and support needs in the digital learning environment.External ResourcesBelow you will find several resources curated over the years from a variety of external sites and universities. These resources will help you identify best practices when teaching online in order to set learner expectations in that environment and create more engaging learning experiences.Should you need to teach online for an extended time period or if you want to move a course online, these resources will help you maximize the potential of online learning.Online Course Development and Being a Better Online InstructorMoving to Alternative Instructional Formats?– Faculty resources for moving courses online quickly from the UNC System Office’s Digital Learning Initiative.UNCG Online Course Development Instructional Modules?– A suite of instructional modules developed by UNCG to allow instructors to asynchronously engage with content at their own pace to improve both their course design and instruction online.How to Be a Better Online Instructor?– A collection of advice put together by the Chronicle of Higher Education on how to be a better instructor online.SUNY Free Online Resources for Faculty?– Here, The State University of New York, SUNY, has put together a variety of resources to help instructors navigate teaching online and best practices in that environment.Teaching Online – Useful VideosWriting Student Learning Outcomes, 2:02 – A short video that walks through the process of writing student learning outcomes to better align course content with what you want students to achieve.Eight Lessons Learned from Teaching Online, 4:13 – A compilation of recommendations from professionals in the field compiled by EDUCAUSE Review online.Best Practices in Online Course Design, 21:04 – A longer video from the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence Showcase in 2018 going over some common issues instructors run into when moving a course online.Teaching Online – Useful Readings and WebsitesWriting and Using Learning Outcomes: A Practical Guide?– A practical approach to writing learning objectives using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives from the University College Cork in Ireland.Active Learning?– A number of resources intended to introduce and support Active Learning from the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University.Authentic Assessment Toolbox?– A guide to creating more authentic assessments from Jon Mueller, a Professor of Psychology at North Central College in Illinois.Aligning Outcomes, Assessments, and Instruction?– A collection of examples in different disciplines that align the learning outcomes, assessments and instruction from the University of Waterloo in Canada.Inspiring and Aligned Assessments of Student Learning that are Linked to the Real World?– Another resource for aligning learning objectives and assessments that have practical application in the real world from Brigham Young University.Instructional Strategies for Online Courses?– A collection of different instructional strategies when teaching online put together by the University of Illinois at Springfield.The Impact of Instructor Intervention on the Quality and Frequency of Discussion Posts?– A study that examined student posting strategies within discussion forums based on the presence or absence of instructor posts from the Journal of Online Teaching and Learning.Teaching Online – Quality StandardsQuality Matters Higher Education Course Design Rubric?– A rubric designed by a national, non-profit organization to help instructors ensure their courses meet quality standards for online course design. The UNC System has a license agreement with QM, allowing you to create a membership account and access the rubric. ................
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