An essential component of successful online teaching is experiencing online learning for yourself. This workshop will provide you with an important online learning experience as you explore the basics of online teaching and learning. You will learn the critical differences between online and face-to-face courses, including faculty and student expectations, role adjustments, and course design and evaluation. Your explorations will include research-based readings, presentations and discussions with other new online teachers and will be supported by sample documents such as online syllabus, discussion rubric etc. There will also be an hour-long optional (recorded) live session where you will get a chance to meet your facilitator to discuss important topics related to online teaching and ask your questions.
Topics covered:
*Course design, delivery and assessment
*Instructor roles and competencies
*Five Pillars of Quality in online education
*Engaging the learners
*Student readiness and expectations
Identify the differences between online and face- to -face courses in terms course design, roles, and expectations
Create a learning resource for your online course based on your readings and explorations during this workshop
