1. Getting Their Attention
Carol Womack
Santa Monica College
February 2, 2007

2. Start the Dialog Welcome… Expectations Deadlines
Pre course letter 1, 2
Assignment Chart

3. Encourage 2-Way Communication
Include chat assignments
Post Announcements
Student chats are OK
Use audio
FAQs in Course Home 2
Lb. 3, class 21, CA 1

4. Keep Track Ask them to send you an email
Ask them to verify address
Let them know when an assignment is missing or late
Enrollment Management

5. Unlimited Resources Point to the Library as often as necessary
Use the good WEB
Tell them about wikipedia
Resources: Library Resources
PowerPoint Additional Materials
Introducton

6. Lectures Experiment constantly Use Illustrations
Give them advice often
How to write a research paper
How to format a bibliography
Aka lecture: Lecture
Visual Lecture

7. Make No Assumptions Are they listening?
Are they reading assigned material?
Are they understanding?
Did they buy the textbooks?

8. The Good Side
Online students will let you know when you made a mistake
O.S. will let you know when you haven’t graded their assignments
O.S. will let you know if they are having trouble with the technology

9. The Challenges Online students feel anonymous
Students will try the easy way first
Students do not always understand WHY it’s plagiarism.
Accommodate learning styles
Accommodate disabilities (not a choice)

10. Share with Colleagues Your Innovations What Worked
Problems with the software
Teaching online can get lonely

11. Carol Womack http://library.smc.edu http://www.smc.edu Staff
Faculty homepages