Thursday, August 26, 2010

Preparing to Teach Online Courses - A Preliminary Checklist

Readers,

If you teach high school or college courses online, it is wonderful to prepare for your course ahead of time. However, if you have a personality like mine, you have to plan WAY ahead of time to make sure your course runs smoothly. This week, I am finishing a to do list for my syllabus creation boot camp next week! (I will post this soon!)

Here is a great article featuring ideas for online faculty. http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-teaching-tips-it-pays-to-sweat-the-small-stuff/

And a few of their suggestions:

Always be positive in your feedback and postings. 


Be sure that page numbers in assignments match the text(s).


Be sure that page numbers in assignments match the text(s).


Keep track of the errors and oversights you discover for future courses. 


Which one is your favorite?


Millennial Professor
Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

1 comment:

  1. You forget to mention that online courses should be broken down into manageable chapters. Don't bombard your students with a 4-hour podcast. Limit it to less than 20 minutes.

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