1. Teaching Online in the Spring … voices of experience
Instructional Design & Digital Learning, a unit of the
Teaching Transformation & Development Academy

2. First Things to Think About
Start with the basics of pedagogy, how people learn
Design and teach courses so students can achieve the outcomes of the course, do the work
Whether on-ground, online, blended or hybrid, it is about teaching and learning
“It’s not about technology, it’s about learning.” – Stephen Anspacher

3. What is so Different About Online?
Challenges
Benefits
What should I know?

4. Ten Best Practices Develop a set of explicit expectations
Be present in the course site
Create a supportive online course community
Include group & individual activities
Use synchronous & asynchronous activities
Informal feedback early and often
Discussions that invite questions & reflection
Use digital content, resources
Combine core concepts with personalized learning
Include good closing and wrap activities for the course
Boettcher, J. & Conrad, R. (2016). The Online Teaching Survival Guide, 2nd Ed. Jossey-Bass.

5. 1. Develop a set of explicit expectations
Ideas:
Detailed instructions – course schedule & syllabus
Instructional repetition
Assignment descriptions
Lesson overviews
Virginia Clinton
Be very clear …

6. 2. Be present in the course site
Ideas:
Social Presence
Virtual office hours
Welcome video Lesson overview video (Tegrity/VoiceThread)
Weekly Announcements
Joel Pugh
Meet students from everywhere

7. 3. Create a supportive online course community
Studies have shown that online students not only want to get to know you, their instructor, but also their fellow students.  A "getting acquainted" activity is an opportunity for students to tell a story or share something about themselves.   Judith V. Boettcher & Rita-Marie Conrad (2010) provide some great examples in The Online Teaching Survival Guide 
For our "getting acquainted" activity we would like you to include your name, what you teach, a photo and two facts about you that are true and one that is a lie. After you have completed your post, please respond to the other participants and try to guess their lie.
Directions on how to add the photo can be found in the "Resources “How To Videos" area.

8. 4. Include group & individual activities
Ideas:
Active learning strategies
Peer to peer learning
Groups –large & small groups
Journals
Birgit Hans
Don’t have too many assignments

9. 5. Use synchronous & asynchronous activities
Suggestions/Tips/Ideas:
Active Learning strategies
Web-conference: ~ Zoom ~ Bb Collaborate Ultra
~ Voice thread
Individual research with presentation: ~ Narrated PowerPoint
Virginia Clinton
Add in some synchronous communication

10. 6. Informal feedback early and often
Suggestions/Tips/Ideas:
Qualtrics survey
Pretest & post test - Bb
Muddiest point, reflection quiz, KWL
Fred Remer
Students need feedback, frequent feedback

11. 7. Discussions that invite questions & reflection
Provide a rubric
Share examples
Don’t ask for facts
Peer leadership
Encourage critical thinking
Create open-ended questions
What do you think? Why? What if?
Ideas:
Weekly discussion leaders
Video recording synopsis at end of week

12. 8. Use digital content, resources
Ideas:
Open Education Resources
Tegrity
MERLOT
Khan Academy
YouTube
Hoonuit (Atomic Learning)
Fred Remer
YouTube Channel

13. 9. Combine core concepts with personalized learning
Ideas:
Wikis, journals, discussions
Research project for authentic assignments
Fred Remer
Some need more interaction

14. 10. Include good closing & wrap-up activities for the course
“To Do” list reminder
Announcements
Project sharing
What did we learn?
How have we changed?
Ideas:
Final presentations/projects
Survey
Portfolio

15. Other Thoughts
Positive experience
Time management
Don’t be afraid

16. How Do I Get Started? -- Teaching Online Cohort Course --

17. Pedagogy First, Tools Next …
Q & A
Next Steps
Consultations
Workshops
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