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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 [email protected]
(Coordinator of Instructional Development)
■ Leslie Malcolm [email protected]
(Coordinator of Learning Technologies and
Innovations)
■ Adam Humeniuk [email protected]
(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”
