Teaching Online · the Online Lecture” “Video for Teaching and Learning” “Student Digital...

TEACHING ONLINEDeveloping Content

TL;DR Version(Review)

Distill Distill (essence & authenticity)

Engage Engage (presence & process)

Play Play for low stakes (with frequent assessment).

Make Make it sustainable (marathon vs sprint).

Best Practices for Online Courses: Teaching Principles

“Chunk, challenge, chew, chat, check”

(Emily Mather)

Connect with the students (names, personal contact, responses, etc.)

Chunk (delivery in manageable bits)

Challenge(questions, tasks,

activities)

Chew(concept/content

processing; LOTS to HOTS engagement)

Chat (language use, understanding, engagement, application)

Check (assessment of comprehension,

competencies, capabilities)

mycourselink/D2L: Your Basic Tools(Friday’s Workshops)

Content

Assignments

Discussions

Quizzes

“Other Tools”: ePortfolios, Surveys, Video Assignments, Virtual Classroom, Zoom

Best Practice for Online Courses: Human Factor

PresenceCommunity & Conversation

Feedback

(early, often, & both directions)

Discussion (posts that invite

responses, questions,

discussions, & and reflections)

Text,

Audio, Video,

Live Via

Zoom, etc.

Discussions, Zoom, Virtual

Assignments, Video Classroom,

Social Annotation, etc.

Course Design, Introduction,

Office Hours, Feedback.

Discussion

Moderation,

Brief Videos,

Video

Classroom,

Zoom, etc.

Introductions, Discussions,

Group Work, Breakout Rooms,

Social

Annotation,

etc.

Best Practices for

Online Courses: Content

Experiences

Explicit expectations & instructions

Variety of large-group, small-group, individual

activities

(Arguably) Some synchronous (real-time) &

asynchronous (not real time) activities

Inter/Active learning

Authentic learning, assessment, audiences,

assignments

LOTS – Lower

Order Thinking

Skills

HOTS – Higher

Order Thinking

Skills

Best Practices for Online Courses:Content Resources

Digital formats (if possible)

Range of (embedded) media

(text, visuals, videos, audio,

graphics, links, etc.)

Interactive options (hyperlinked

texts, Q&A videos, social

annotation, games, etc.)

Open Educational Resources

For more information or assistance setting up courses, contact …

■ Teaching Commons

https://teachingcommons.lakeheadu.ca/

(Main contact)

■ Rhonda Dubec rdubec@lakeheadu.ca

(Coordinator of Instructional Development)

■ Leslie Malcolm lmalcolm@lakeheadu.ca

(Coordinator of Learning Technologies and

Innovations)

■ Adam Humeniuk ideas@lakeheadu.ca

(Learning Technology Specialist)

■ TSC https://www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-

staff/departments/services/tsc (Technology

Services Center) – especially helpful for all

Zoom matters

TC Starter Sources for Ideas for (or Easily Adaptable to) Online Learning Experiences

“DiRT: Digital Research Tools

Wiki” (and Tasks)

“Online Instructional

Activities Index”

“Online Teaching: Ideas for Activities,

Assignments, & Assessments”

“50+ Beyond-the-Essay Rubrics”

“13 Alternatives to Traditional Testing”

“10 Alternatives to the Online Lecture”

“Video for Teaching and Learning”

“Student Digital Projects”

“15 Fun, Fast, and Formative

Assessments”

“Quick Classroom Assessment

Techniques (CATs)”

“40+ Activities to Engage Students

at the Start of Class”

“Closure Strategies: Ways to

End a Lesson”