Enhancing the Online Learning Experience
In this section, you will find a book in progress. As I complete different sections or chapters of the book, I'll post them here.
- Interactive Teaching Design (ITD)
- Faculty Support Center
- My Faculty Center
- Using this Guide
- Visit an Online Course
- Have a Framework
- Assess Yourself
- Gather Your Online Tool Kit
- Build Your Skill Set
- Identify and Complete Measurement Tools
- Discover All the Resources Available to You
- Consider Learning Theories
- Adopt a Learner/Student-Centered Perspective
- Study Best Practices
- Consider Human Factors
- Research Student Characteristics
- Acknowledge Diversity of Students
- Gauge Readiness of Incoming Students
- Think Mobile
- Design the Learning Experience
- Use the Learning Experience Designer
- Identify What Will Be Taught
- Seek Additional Materials
- Incorporate Latest Advances in Field
- Determine Appropriate Use
- Apply Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Adopt Active Learning Strategies
- Construct Unfolding Case Scenarios
- Provide a Variety of Opportunities for Interaction
- Break the Boundaries
- Plan Your Assessments
- Provide a Summary or Recap
- Map Your Course Outcomes
- Analyze Level of Effort for Students
- Optimize Your Syllabus for the Web
- Start the Course Shell with a Solid Foundation
- Provide Direct Instruction
- Organize Materials
- Provide Context for Students5
- Provide Visual Cues
- Respect Affordances
- Consider Readability
- Provide Ease of Access
- Format Materials for Ease of Use
- Apply Formatting Wisely
- Make it Accessible
- Make it a Video
- Provide Scaffolding
- Visually Engage Students with Images
- Incorporate Multimedia
- Leverage the Release Conditions in your LMS
- Convert Media to Accessible Formats
- Build a Social Presence
- Engage with Online Students Frequently
- Host Virtual Class Sessions
- Coach Your Students
- Provide Immediate Feedback
- Provide Personalized Feedback
- Promote Strategies for Communicating Online Effectively
- Structure Group Activities for Success
- Scrutinize All Communications
- Use Rubrics
- Coopt Your LMS to Work for You
- Integrate Class Management Techniques
- Include Peer Review
- Administer a Mid-Term Feedback Survey
- Analyze Everything
- Identify Students Who Are Struggling
- Grant Awards or Certificates
- Optimize the End-of-Course Evaluation for an Online Course
- Consider Multiple Sources for Evaluating the Course
- Archive Your Course
- Master Your Learning Management System
- Master Emerging Technologies
- Master Basic Applications
- Master Communication Tools
- Master Class Management Tools
- Master Presentation Tools
- Master Interaction Tools
- Master Collaboration Tools
- Master Multimedia Tools
- Master Reflection Tools
- Orient All New Faculty
- Enable Faculty to Work Independently
- Recognize the Value of a Team Approach
- Assess Against Best Practices
- Provide an Online Student Resource Center
- Facilitate an Online Peer Review Process
- Implement a Quality Improvement Process for Faculty