Principles of Effective Online Teaching By Ellen Perrault & Ayman Issa

Questions for you What is online teaching? Who has studied/taught an online course? How do you know that your online teaching is effective? Do you know the principles of effective online teaching?

Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to: –Define the context of online teaching – stakeholders, environment, tools, expectations –Identify at least 5 principles of effective online teaching.

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Establish environment and patterns Establish course tools Establish teaching environment Patterns of course activities. Instructor availability What difficulties/ challenges have you faced in this? Could you imagine yourself using it?

Course Monitoring and Management Enrolment size. More communication. Student self management. Plan for the unplanned. What difficulties/ challenges have you faced in this? Could you imagine yourself using it?

Quality Counts and Be Timely Response norms: –Reminders. Template unified response -e.g. Blackboard Announcements Timing of response Quality – course integrity –Editing errors. –Clear instructions. –Broken links. Second set of eyes. What difficulties/ challenges have you faced in this? Could you imagine yourself using it?

Safe and Secure Institutionally maintained: –communication system. –Learning management system. –High speed internet access. –Virtual reality. –Cloud environment. Privacy. Confidentiality. What difficulties/ challenges have you faced in this? Could you imagine yourself using it?

Test yourself Identify an element of online teaching. List 5 principles of effective online teaching.

Summary Principles of Effective Online teaching Establish Environment and Patterns Course Monitoring and Management Quality and Timely Safe and Secure with Required Infrastructure

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Reference Ragan, R. (n.d.). 10 Principles of Effective online teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education. (Handout from TLC)