Best Practices and Resources for Online Teaching

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Best Practices and Resources for Online Teaching
Jym Brittain, Director of the Center for Teaching
and Learning - NSU
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Topics

• Best Practices
• Planning
• Implementation
• Resources

Disclaimer Always follow your institutional
policies and procedures
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Planning Best Practices

• Understand Your Environment
• Seek professional development
• Instructional Design Principles
• Be verbose
• Comments?

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Planning Best Practices

• Understand Your Students
• Anxieties
• Goals
• Comments?

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Planning Best Practices

• Understand Your Limitations
• Professional vs Personal Time
• Technology and technology skills
• Comments?

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Implementation Best Practices

• Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate
  Education AAHE 1987
• Encourage contact between students and faculty
• Develop reciprocity and cooperation among
  students
• Use active learning techniques
• Give prompt feedback
• Emphasize time on task
• Communicate high expectations
• Respect diverse talents and ways of learning

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Implementation Best Practices

• Remember student anxiety
• Follow your communication plan
• Locate your stragglers
• Use appropriate media
• Comments?

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Annotated Bibliography

• Ko, S Rossen, S. (2003), Teaching Online A
  Practical Guide, 2nd edition. Boston, MA
  Houghton Mifflin.
• Palloff, R. Pratt, K. (2003), The Virtual
  Student A Profile and Guide to Working with
  Online Learners. San Francisco, CA John Wiley
  and Sons, Inc.
• Palloff, R. Pratt, K. (2001), Lessons from The
  Cyberspace Classroom The Realities of Online
  Teaching. San Francisco, CA John Wiley and Sons,
  Inc.
• Palloff, R. Pratt, K. (1999), Building Learning
  Communities in CyberspaceEffective Strategies
  for the Online Classroom . San Francisco, CA
  John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Watkins, R. (2005), 75 e-Learning Activities
  Making on-line Learning Interactive. San
  Francisco, CA John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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Annotated Bibliography

• Illinois Online Network
• http//www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/
• Tennessee Board of Regents
• http//www.tn.regentsdegrees.org/faculty/pedagogy.
  htm
• Kaye Shelton and George Saltsman
• http//www.itdl.org/Journal/Oct_04/article04.htm
• Jym Brittain Online Instructor Course

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Questions?
Jym Brittain Center for Teaching and
Learning Northeastern State University 918-456-551
1x5859 brittaij_at_nsuok.edu