What, Why and How - Teaching Online
- Portland Community College created the Pedagogy
website, a reference to the art of teaching. Choose from the drop-down menus
which topic you would like to learn more about: The Tools (What), The Theory (Why),
and Pedagogy (How).
- Never taught online? Before you start, see and feel what your students will
experience by taking OLN's E 4 ME distance
learning course. It's free, moderated and self paced.
- Join OLN's Teaching
100% Online virtual community. Moderated by a national expert, you can chat,
network, share resources, learn what's happening around the state and nation,
and express your opinions with others who are teaching online.
- Check out the OhioLearns! Catalog
to see which institutions offer DL courses and what courses and degrees are offered
online.
- From starting to well beyond, George Siemens' eLearnspace
is a fabulous one-stop web resource. Start here at STARTING!
- Very helpful article for a new
online professor – or any professor!
- Wonderful overview of distance
learning by Barry Willis, University of Idaho.
- Reverse Benefits:
How Online Teaching Improves Face-to-Face Teaching, (ODCE, 2006 Presentation)
Paul Pennington, Cincinnati Christian University.
- University of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee great resources for creating Hybrid
Courses
- If you're concerned about the time it might take to offer courses online,
here's a helpful article about time
management strategies.
Helpful Tutorials
WGBH Boston and the League for Innovation in the Community College created,
developed and recently released Getting
Results: six modules (focusing on the teaching of science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics) that provide excellent strategies for deepening teaching and
learning. The Modules are: Creating A Community of Learners, Planning for Outcomes,
Active Teaching and Learning, Moving Beyond the Classroom, Teaching with Technology,
and Assessing Teaching and Learning.
Through a
PT3 Grant
awarded to the Ohio Board of Regents (catalystOHIO), a number of Ohio
faculty from a variety of institutions created this Teaching Online module.
It's a very helpful resource and is self-paced.
An excellent and well-organized one-stop resource was created at Heriot-Watt
University to promote deep student
learning in distance environments. Modules are: Learning Online, The Tutor's
Role, Building an Online Learning Community, New Assessment Methods, Evaluation,
Culture and Ethics, Institutional Support, Staff Development, and Quality Assurance.
