1. Online Teaching Strategies: Faculty Challenges, Lessons Learned and Best Practices Maureen E. Wassef, PhD, RN Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Nurse Educator Program Graduate School of Nursing University of Massachusetts Medical School

2. | | GSN: offering online/blended education for over 10 years Grant from the Sloan Consortium on Course re-design Nurse Educator Courses Background

3. | | Taking the Plunge Challenge #1

4. | | Course Redesign Avoiding the “2 courses for the price of one” effect Effectively replace seat time with meaningful work Challenge #2

5. | | Expressing clear expectation in writing –Role of the Faculty Teaching Philosophy –Student centered approach »independent and interdependent learning Challenge #3

6. | | Expressing clear expectation in writing –Role of the Faculty availability Challenge #3

7. | | Expressing clear expectation in writing –Role of the Learner Time commitment/organizational skills/writing skills Professional behavior –Course Discussions are for course content –Netiquette Challenge #3

8. | | " Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" Netiquette (Net etiquette) Http://www.albion.com/netiquette/ Http://www.albion.com/netiquette/

9. | | Typing in capitals is an electronic communication means: a)Nothing special; this is normal b)You are shouting c)It’s ok to forward this message to others d)This message is very important Netiquette Quiz http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html

10. | | Is there really a generation gap when it comes to online education?

11. X versus Y http://www.un.org/staffdevelopment/pdf/ http://www.un.org/staffdevelopment/pdf/ Generation X Born 1965-1980 Impatient Goal oriented Give them a lot to do and the freedom to do it their way Question Authority Generation Y/Z Born 1981 (2000 for gen Z) Lack skills for dealing with difficult people Street smart Confident Technologically savvy

12. | | Maintaining your computer literacy Challenge #4

13. | | Be present at the course site Create a supportive online course community Share a set of very clear expectations for your learners and for yourself Do ongoing course evaluations Best Practices http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html

14. | | MERLOT –multi-media educational resource for online teaching EDUCAUSE –a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of information technology Sloan-C Resources

15. | | Thank you