Teaching Online
What is an Online Course?
An online course is one where the entire traditional face-to-face course is replaced by online assignments and activities. Online courses can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Online courses are becoming increasingly popular for students who need flexible schedules about when and where they can complete their coursework, such as non-traditional students, working students, or persons in the military deployed around the world. A step by step view of an online course from the Illinois Online Network is found at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/nutshell.asp. The webpage at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructorProfile.asp addresses "What Makes A Successful Online Facilitator?"
Designing Online Instruction
If you are considering teaching a course online, you can find a discussion of things to consider in this occasional paper from the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching: Download PDF, as well as a tutorial on using storyboard in online course design at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2004_09/index.asp and additional resources for online course design at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/index.asp. In "Distance Learning Course Design," Diane Ehrlich gives an overview of the design process for online instruction.
Teaching Strategies for Online Courses
Teaching courses well online requires the use of teaching and learning strategies that can differ from the traditional approach to teaching face-to-face classes. The University of Maryland University College has prepared its Expectations for Classroom Setup and Online Teaching, which gives an idea of what an online instructor needs to consider; the PDF can be downloaded from http://www.umuc.edu/faculty/facsupport/facultyexams/upload/online_exp_doc_042105.pdf. The Illinois Online Network discusses "Instructional Strategies for Online Courses" at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies.asp and "Alternatives to the Online Lecture" at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/alternative.asp Links to several resources for online learning activities are available at http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/hybrid/faculty_resources/resources.cfm.
Resources
Resources for best practices in online teaching can be found at http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/2825.asp. For more resources on online courses, visit http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/online_courses/ and http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/2853.asp. Links to numerous resources are also found at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/index.asp.Bridgewater State University has compiled resources of many kinds for online instructors at http://www.bridgew.edu/library/onlinelearning.cfm.
An online course is one where the entire traditional face-to-face course is replaced by online assignments and activities. Online courses can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Online courses are becoming increasingly popular for students who need flexible schedules about when and where they can complete their coursework, such as non-traditional students, working students, or persons in the military deployed around the world. A step by step view of an online course from the Illinois Online Network is found at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/nutshell.asp. The webpage at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructorProfile.asp addresses "What Makes A Successful Online Facilitator?"
Designing Online Instruction
If you are considering teaching a course online, you can find a discussion of things to consider in this occasional paper from the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching: Download PDF, as well as a tutorial on using storyboard in online course design at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2004_09/index.asp and additional resources for online course design at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/index.asp. In "Distance Learning Course Design," Diane Ehrlich gives an overview of the design process for online instruction.
Teaching Strategies for Online Courses
Teaching courses well online requires the use of teaching and learning strategies that can differ from the traditional approach to teaching face-to-face classes. The University of Maryland University College has prepared its Expectations for Classroom Setup and Online Teaching, which gives an idea of what an online instructor needs to consider; the PDF can be downloaded from http://www.umuc.edu/faculty/facsupport/facultyexams/upload/online_exp_doc_042105.pdf. The Illinois Online Network discusses "Instructional Strategies for Online Courses" at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies.asp and "Alternatives to the Online Lecture" at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/alternative.asp Links to several resources for online learning activities are available at http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/hybrid/faculty_resources/resources.cfm.
Resources
Resources for best practices in online teaching can be found at http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/2825.asp. For more resources on online courses, visit http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/online_courses/ and http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/2853.asp. Links to numerous resources are also found at http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/index.asp.Bridgewater State University has compiled resources of many kinds for online instructors at http://www.bridgew.edu/library/onlinelearning.cfm.
