1. LEARN NC www.learnnc.org Addressing Online Teaching Challenges with COLT Ross White Associate Director LEARN NC – School of Education The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ross@LEARNNC.org

2. Discover. Teach. Share. Teaching Online 2 “The reality of online teaching can be confounding and upsetting. It can make a talented teacher feel like an unmitigated failure.” —Ellen Laird, "I'm Your Teacher, Not Your Internet-Service Provider," Chronicle of Higher Education (January 3, 2003)

3. Discover. Teach. Share. Teaching Online 3 “Online staff development... has the advantage of enabling staff to experience online learning for themselves.” —Davis, Lennox, Walker, & Walsh, “Exploring Staff Perceptions: Early Childhood Teacher Educators Examine Online Teaching and Learning Challenges and Dilemmas,“ International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 2007)

4. Discover. Teach. Share. Carolina Online Teacher Program (COLT) 4 REQUIRED COURSES Moodle Training (or other platform) Teaching Online Courses Facilitating Online Collaboration Developing Your Online Course Practicum in Online Learning

5. Discover. Teach. Share. Carolina Online Teacher Program (COLT) 5 ELECTIVE COURSES (choose two) Collaboration and Teaching in a Virtual World Teaching World Languages Online Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course Accessibility, Usability, and Visual Design Assessment and Evaluation in Your Online Course Differentiating Instruction in Online Courses

6. Discover. Teach. Share. Teaching Online Courses 6 It is important that teachers understand the qualitative differences between online and classroom-based learning environments. New strategies and techniques are required for successful online teaching. Dennen, V. P. “From message posting to learning dialogues: Factors affecting learner participation in asynchronous discussion.” Distance Education 26.1 (2005)

7. Discover. Teach. Share. 7 Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their students.

8. Discover. Teach. Share. 8 Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their students. f.Teachers help students work in teams and develop leadership qualities.

9. Discover. Teach. Share. 9 Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their students. f.Teachers help students work in teams and develop leadership qualities. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams.

10. Discover. Teach. Share. 10 Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their students. f.Teachers help students work in teams and develop leadership qualities. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams. PROFICIENT Organizes student learning teams for the purpose of developing cooperation, collaboration, and student leadership.

11. Discover. Teach. Share. 11 Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their students. f.Teachers help students work in teams and develop leadership qualities. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams. PROFICIENT Organizes student learning teams for the purpose of developing cooperation, collaboration, and student leadership.

12. Discover. Teach. Share. 12 We will look at communication needed at the start of a course and apply strategies for establishing presence and building strong learning communities.

13. Discover. Teach. Share. 13 Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their students. f.Teachers help students work in teams and develop leadership qualities. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams. DEVELOPING Provides opportunities for cooperation, collaboration, and leadership through student learning teams. PROFICIENT Organizes student learning teams for the purpose of developing cooperation, collaboration, and student leadership. ACCOMPLISHED Encourages students to create and manage learning teams.

14. Discover. Teach. Share. Carolina Online Teacher Program (COLT) 14 ELECTIVE COURSES Collaboration and Teaching in a Virtual World Teaching World Languages Online Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course Accessibility, Usability, and Visual Design Assessment and Evaluation in Your Online Course Differentiating Instruction in Online Courses

15. Discover. Teach. Share. Get Started 15 http://www.LEARNNC.org/courses Questions? ross@learnnc.org