Posts Tagged ‘online teaching’
December 7 - Primed for Learning: Maximizing Teachable Moments When Students are Ready and Willing to Learn
By: Mary Bart in Teaching and Learning
Teachable moments, those special times when students are most ready and willing to learn, are traditionally considered unplanned opportunities. But should teachable moments be treated like unexpected gifts or can they actually be set in motion with a little advanced anticipation and planning by the instructor?
October 19 - Understanding the Instructor’s Role in Facilitating Online Discussions
By: Michelle Everson, PhD. in Asynchronous Learning and Trends
In my classroom-based courses I have always valued discussion as a powerful learning tool that provides students with opportunities to explain their reasoning and understanding, learn different perspectives and points of view, and re-think and possibly revise their own conceptions based on careful reflection of potentially disparate viewpoints. As I prepared to teach my first online course five years ago, it was only natural that discussion would be a part of it.
September 30 - Reaching Online Students with Learning Disabilities
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
Students with disabilities are drawn to online courses for many of the same reasons as everyone else, but it’s often the anonymity that makes learning online particularly attractive to someone who’s spent his or her life trying to mask a disability. For online instructors, this can present new issues. After all, it’s hard enough distinguishing
August 31 - Using Rubrics to Improve Online Teaching, Learning, and Retention
By: Cindy Rippé in Online Education
I have always enjoyed teaching in the classroom environment. There is something special about watching a student’s eyes light up as a new concept changes perceptions. When I first taught in the online environment, I wondered how I would communicate with students without seeing them in person. Would they get my assignments? Would they understand the requirements? Could they produce the level of work I expected? Could we overcome the potential miscommunications of the written word?
August 10 - Helping Your Online Faculty Succeed: Q&A with Kaye Shelton
By: Christopher Hill in Online Education
While many online programs struggle with student retention issues, Dallas Baptist University serves has achieved an impressive 92% student course completion across its 34 fully online degree programs. Kaye Shelton, Dean of Online Education at Dallas Baptist University, shares some secrets for success.
July 30 - Online Instructor Success: What’s It Take?
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
Did you know that there are currently more than 100 specific competencies that have been determined to be instrumental for online teaching success. If distance education is a critical part of your school’s future or your personal career path, this is one seminar you don’t want to miss.
June 12 - 10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education
By: Mary Bart in Free Reports, Online Education
Despite the many benefits, teaching online also comes with its share of challenges. This special report will help you establish online instructor best practices and performance expectations for creating a successful teaching and learning experience.
March 13 - How to Retain Online Instructors
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
When an online learning program relies heavily on part-time instructors, a high turnover rate could negatively affect course quality and increase faculty development costs. This is why retaining good part-time online instructors is a priority at Humber College’s Open Learning Centre in Toronto, where 90 percent of online courses are taught by part-time instructors.
March 11 - Why You Need an Online Course Template: Q&A with Renee Cicchino
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration, Instructional Design, Online Education
An online course template can bring greater efficiency and quality to online courses. Renee Cicchino, senior instructional designer at Seton Hall University’s Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, shares some of the benefits and challenges of online course templates, and explains why she prefers the Quality Matters rubric.
November 12 - Four Tips to Help Distance Educators Manage Time Spent Online
By: Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education
Has email overtaken your life? Teresa Marie Kelly offers hope. As a distance education faculty member at Kaplan University, Kelly knows first hand how easy it is to fall into the email trap and offers the following four tips for to help online faculty create a better work-life balance. [...]
