1. Online Teaching & Learning Online Instructor
This video will explain the expectations of PMI online instructors and best practices to boost online student success.
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2. Similarities & Differences
Classroom
Similar
Online
Physical classroom
Lectures
Course content
Objectives to meet
Text book to read
Instructor role is important
Answer questions
Provide resources
Remind about dates
Grade school work
Provide feedback
Engage students
Provide current info
No physical classroom
Use & Blackboard
Group interaction
Individualized teaching
Different resources
Similarities & Differences
How is teaching in person similar to teaching online?
The content of an online course is the same as a face-to-face class. There are course objectives students must meet, and students are also required to read a text book.
Just like a physical classroom setting, the instructor’s performance is integral to a student’s success in a course. Instructors are still a very valuable resource to students for the following:
Answering questions
Providing helpful resources
Reminding them of upcoming due dates
Grading school work
Providing constructive feedback
Actively engaging students in the course topics
Providing students with relevant and current knowledge
How is teaching virtually different from teaching in person?
Since students aren’t required to show up to a class or log in a certain number of hours, students must be highly self-motivated and disciplined in order to succeed. While online instructors will not be giving lectures, they will be facilitating the students’ learning experience solely through and blackboard.
Online learning allows instructors to interact with students more easily one on one or in small groups. It allows opportunities for individualized teaching to those students who need additional help. Online learning also makes it possible for instructors to access resources they might not have in the classroom, such as online simulations and animations.
How is teaching in person similar to teaching online?
How is teaching online different from teaching in person?

3. Communicate Netiquette Exchanging emails Posting on discussion boards
Interesting point, however, I read that…
Netiquette
Exchanging s
Posting on discussion boards
Providing feedback on assignments
Using a chat room
refers to the use of proper manners on the internet
Point out the positives before the negatives
Communication
Students and instructors communicate in the following ways:
- Exchanging s,
- Posting on discussion boards,
- Providing feedback on assignments,
- And sometimes using a chat room.
When you communicate with students, you must always practice good netiquette. Netiquette is a set of rules describing how to behave while online. You must keep in mind that the words you would say in person may not have the same meaning as they would if they were read in an or on a discussion board.

4. Knowledge Check

5. Help Online Students Succeed
Encourage students to:
View links
The following tips are designed to give students the best online learning experience possible.
Encourage students to view the links within each lesson and topic. Supplemental graphics and videos give students a variety of ways to interact with the information. Interactive modules, such as practice quizzes, enable students to test their knowledge of material at their own pace without penalizing their grades. In some cases, PMI Online Education has found a direct correlation between students’ grades and the utilization of practice quizzes.

6. Help Online Students Succeed
Encourage students to:
What I don’t know
What is inflation?
View links
Link new and prior knowledge
Think of changing prices
What I already know
Now I get it!
Link new knowledge to prior knowledge. Students can grasp new concepts better by associating information that they already know with information that is new to them. For example, students who are having trouble understanding the concept of inflation could be asked to recall the price of a gallon of gas when they were in high school versus the current price. By relating new information to personal experiences, students are able to process and recall the new information better than if they were just asked to memorize a definition.

7. Help Online Students Succeed
Encourage students to:
Read the textbook and topic pages
View links
Link new and prior knowledge
Find the best learning modality
Watch videos and tutorials
Take practice quizzes
Encourage students to find which learning modality works best for them. All students should read the textbook. While some do well in the class just by reading the textbook and the topic pages, other students may need more. Videos and tutorials appeal to students who are audio-visual learners and benefit from seeing or hearing what they have read. Practices quizzes and knowledge checkpoints help students gauge what information they are retaining and what information they need to go back and review.

8. Help Online Students Succeed
Encourage students to:
I never knew that!
This is a great topic!
View links
Link new and prior knowledge
Find the best learning modality
Interact with you and classmates
I agree with you…
This article states…
Require students to interact with both you and their classmates. Encourage students to engage with one another through discussions. Discussions should compel students to do some research on their own or share their experiences. When they respond to one another’s posts, it lets you know that they’re actively participating. Discussions enable students to learn from one another and become more familiar with one another.

9. Help Online Students Succeed
Encourage students to:
View links
Link new and prior knowledge
Find the best learning modality
Interact with you and classmates
you with questions
Hello Students,
Don’t hesitate to me with questions. I will respond within 24 hours.
Remind students to you with any questions. Be sure to give them a response time (such as 24 hours) so they will know when to expect a reply.

10. Help Online Students Succeed Detailed and constructive
Encourage students to:
View links
Link new and prior knowledge
Find the best learning modality
Interact with you and classmates
you with questions
Detailed and constructive
FEEDBACK
YOU should:
Right answers
Wrong answers
Provide detailed and constructive feedback for both right and wrong answers. When you grade students’ assignments, let them know what was wrong with their assignment if they got something wrong. Or if they did well, let them know what they did right.
Provide detailed feedback

11. Help Online Students Succeed
Encourage students to:
I liked how these teachers cared about how well a student did in class.
View links
Link new and prior knowledge
Find the best learning modality
Interact with you and classmates
you with questions
The professor was very good with feedbacks.
I appreciated how quick the responses were and how quickly assignments were graded.
YOU should:
Take feedback from the students themselves. Here are some things students liked about their instructors:
“I liked how these teachers cared about how well a student did in the class.”
“The professor was very good with feedbacks.”
“I appreciated how quick the responses were and how quickly assignments were graded.”
Provide detailed feedback
Take feedback from students

12. Help Online Students Succeed
We want to help students succeed in the classroom and in the field!
PMI’s goal is to help students succeed. While it does start in the classroom, a student’s success isn’t measured simply upon grades. It’s measured by how well they perform in the field. By putting these tips into practice, you will cultivate students who continue to learn more about their field even after they graduate.

13. Knowledge Check

14. preview assignments and actual assignments
The 6 Commitments
How?
Manage
preview assignments and actual assignments s
Be proactive
Announcements
Know current topics
Submit your
weekly report on time
Discussions
Provide resources:
Know Blackboard
Communicate with the entire class
Use start and end dates
As a PMI instructor, you are committing to:
Maintain frequent and effective communication with students.
- Respond to s in a timely manner.
- Actively participate in the discussion boards. Ask questions that will engage students. Help them understand the course material by relating it to current events or experience.
Maximize teaching opportunities by giving detailed feedback on students’ submissions.
An optional method is to provide office hours via instant message
Remind students of important dates and other items.
Use announcements to communicate with the class as a whole. Update announcements often and be sure use start and end dates. If students see the same announcement every day, they’ll assume it is always the same and will stop reading the course announcements altogether.
Grade each assignment fairly and in a timely manner.
Stay on top of managing preview assignments as well as actual assignments.
Commit to the students’ success.
If you notice that students are failing, ask how they’re doing and how you can help.
Provide students with information about available resources for academic or personal issues. These resources include:
- The Student Services Coordinator
- The Online Help Desk
- The Online Student Center
- Tutoring
Maintain frequent communication with the Online Education department.
Communication is the oil on a well-oiled machine. Submitting a weekly report on time as directed keeps the Online Education department running smoothly. Your weekly report will allow us to identify any students that need extra help, or any errors that need to be corrected in the course material.
And last but not least, never stop learning.
Stay abreast of topics and issues within the course field, and commit to continuous learning of Blackboard and online teaching.
Assignment Feedback
Student Services Coordinator
Help Desk
Online Student Center
Tutoring
Grade assignments
fairly and in a timely manner
Commit to the students’ success
Never
stop learning
Remind students of important dates and other items
Frequent and effective communication with students
Frequent communication with PMI Online Education
Instant Message
(optional)
Commit to…

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Thank you for your time
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Pima Medical Institute Online Education