Winning Online Instruction: A Q&A for Higher Education Faculty

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Figure and tables
Preface: Online education in the age of the pandemic
About this Book
Chapter 1 The Basics of Teaching Online
1.1 How Do I Make My Online Teaching as Effective as My On-Campus Teaching?
1.2 What Are the Different Types of Online Instruction?
1.3 How Can My Synchronous and Asynchronous Content Complement Each Other?
1.4 How Long Will It Take Me to Learn to Teach Online?
1.5 Does Teaching Online Courses Take More Work Than On-Campus Courses?
1.6 Why Can’t I Just Put a Video of My On-Campus Class Lecture Online?
References
Chapter 2 Developing Online Teaching Skills
2.1 What Skills Do I Need to Begin Online Teaching?
2.2 How Can I Avoid Looking Like a Novice When I First Teach Online?
2.3 How Do I Become More Effective Teaching With Online Tools?
2.4 How Can Asking Questions Help My Online Teaching?
2.5 Can I Interact Online in the Same Ways I Do On Campus?
2.6 What Changes Do I Need to Make to My Lectures for Online?
2.7 How Do I Adjust My Lecture Material to Fit Into the Available Time?
2.8 How Do I Use My Familiar Classroom Teaching Methods Online?
2.9 Can I Teach Subjects That Require Labs Online, Like Sciences, Nursing Or Physical Therapy?
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Chapter 3 What Happens in a Typical Week Online
3.1 What Should I Have in My Online Course?
3.2 What’s Teaching Like in an Online Classroom?
3.3 What’s a Typical Week Like in an Online Course?
3.4 How Many Students Might I Have in an Online Course?
3.5 How Do I Make My Teaching Style Clear to Students?
3.6 How Should I Dress When Teaching Online?
3.7 How Can I Make My Personality Come Through in Online Courses?
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Chapter 4 Getting More Comfortable Using Online Teaching Tools
4.1 How Do I Set Up My Workspace for Teaching Online?
4.2 How Should I Set Up My Camera, Lighting, and Background?
4.3 What Technology Do I Need to Learn to Teach Online Successfully?
4.4 What Do I Need to Know to Use My Learning Management System?
4.5 What Do I Need to Know to Use My Videoconferencing System?
4.6 Should I Use My Classroom Slides Online?
Reference
Chapter 5 Designing Online Courses
5.1 Should I Use a Publisher’s Online Course, Develop My Own, Or a Combination?
5.2 How Do I Get Started Developing an Online Course?
5.3 How Do I Create a Course Map?
5.4 How Should I Order the Learning Activities?
5.5 How Do I Want to Have Discussions in My Online Course?
5.6 What’s a Course Development Plan and How Do I Create One?
5.7 What’s a Course Template and How Will It Help Me and My Students?
5.8 How Do I Figure Out Which Technologies Will Best Support My Learning Activities?
5.9 How Do I Decide Whether Or Not to Adopt a Technology for My Course?
5.10 How Can Designing for Accessibility Make My Course Better?
References
Chapter 6 Developing Asynchronous Elements of Online Courses
6.1 What’s a Study Guide and How Do I Create One?
6.2 Why Should I Make Videos for My Course?
6.3 How Do I Make Videos for My Course?
6.4 Should I Use Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality When Teaching Online?
6.5 How Can I Use Collaboration Tools to Improve Communication?
6.6 How Can I Develop My Online Course to Include Student Projects and Presentations?
6.7 How Can I Develop an Online Course in a Hurry? Can’t I Just Record My Regular Lecture?
6.8 How Can Instructional Designers and Other Staff Help Me?
6.9 How Can I Work Most Effectively With Instructional Designers?
References
Chapter 7 Developing and Teaching Blended Courses
7.1 What’s a Blended Course?
7.2 How Do I Use My Online Course Materials in a “Flipped” Course?
7.3 What’s Different About Teaching a Blended Course?
7.4 How Much Effort Does It Take to Prepare and Teach a Blended Course?
7.5 How Do I Transition My On-Campus Course to Blended?
7.6 How Do I Use a Blended Course to Develop a Fully Online Course?
7.7 How Do I Teach With Some of My Students On-Campus and Some Online?
7.8 How Do I Encourage Communications Between On-Campus and Online Students?
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Chapter 8 Teaching Online Courses
8.1 How Long Should My Synchronous Lectures Be?
8.2 How Do I Schedule Synchronous Lectures for My Online Course?
8.3 How Many Hours Will I Need to Spend On Synchronous Instruction Each Week?
8.4 How and When Do I Do Discussions Online?
8.5 When Should Faculty Participate in Online Discussions?
8.6 How Do I Perform Assignment Reviews and Solution Walkthroughs?
8.7 How Do I Make Assignments More Interactive for Online Students?
8.8 How Do I Know If My Online Course Content Is Interactive and Engaging?
8.9 How Do I Fix Non-Technical Problems in My Online Course?
8.10 How Much Should I Communicate With My Students When I’m Teaching Online?
8.11 How Do I Manage Online “Office Hours”?
8.12 How Should I Provide Feedback to My Online Students?
8.13 What Should Be the Tone of My Email With My Students?
8.14 What Are the Benefits of Communicating With Online Students Before and After Courses Run?
8.15 What Are Some of the Practical Advantages for Faculty of Teaching Online?
8.16 What Are Some of the Practical Challenges for Faculty Who Teach Online?
8.17 Will Teaching Online Advance My Career as Faculty?
References
Chapter 9 Working With Teaching Assistants and Other Faculty
9.1 How Can TAs Help Me and My Online Students?
9.2 How Do I Select, Train, Mentor, and Support My Online TAs
9.3 How Do I Manage the Workload Distribution Across My Online TAs?
9.4 How Do I Ensure That My Online TAs Are Grading Consistently?
9.5 How Can I Co-Teach an Online Course With Other Faculty?
9.6 How Do I Bring in Guest Lecturers to Speak to My Online Class?
References
Chapter 10 Addressing Online Student Issues
10.1 How Do I Help Students Make the Transition to Online?
10.2 How Can Students Engage With Their Faculty Online?
10.3 Is It Important for My Online Students to Discuss What They Are Studying With Each Other?
10.4 How Do I Set Online Student Expectations On Grading?
10.5 How Many Hours Per Week Are Online Students Expected to Study?
10.6 How Do I Know If My Online Students Are Attending Class?
10.7 How Do I Encourage My Online Students to Participate in Synchronous Sessions?
10.8 How Do I Interact With Online Students in Synchronous Sessions?
10.9 How Do I Help My Online Students Work in Groups?
10.10 How Can My Online Students Work On Group Projects?
10.11 How Can My Students Do Presentations Online?
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Chapter 11 Working With Online Students Who May Need Extra Help
11.1 How Do I Let My Online Students Know That I Am Available to Help Them Succeed in the Course?
11.2 How Do I Motivate My Online Students to Study and Learn?
11.3 How Do I Get My Online Students Interested in Learning What I Am Teaching?
11.4 How Can I Help My Online Students Feel More Connected and Less Isolated?
11.5 Are There Any Special Considerations When Teaching Adult Students Online?
11.6 How Can I Help Online Students Who Need Prerequisite Or Advanced Material?
11.7 How Do I Identify Struggling Online Students?
11.8 How Do I Help Struggling Online Students?
11.9 How Do I Handle Overly Assertive Or Aggressive Online Students?
11.10 How Do I Handle Online Student Misconduct?
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Chapter 12 Getting Help for Online Students With Nonacademic Issues
12.1 How Do I Get Help for My Online Students On Nonacademic Issues?
12.2 How Do I Get Help for Online Students With Emotional Or Behavioral Challenges?
12.3 How Can I Help My Online Students Who Are Not Fluent in the Language of Instruction?
12.4 How Can I Help Less-Privileged Students Succeed Online?
12.5 How Can I Accommodate Online Students From Significantly Different Time Zones, Countries, and Cultures?
12.6 How Can I Accommodate Online Students With Disabilities?
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Chapter 13 Resolving Technical Problems in Online Courses
13.1 How Can Online Faculty and Students Get Technical Support?
13.2 How Do I Troubleshoot Online Technical Issues?
13.3 How Can I Prevent Audio Problems Such as Feedback and Noise?
13.4 What Do I Do When a Student Can’t See Something in My Online Course?
Chapter 14 Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Courses
14.1 What’s the Best Way to Use a Grade Book for Online Students?
14.2 How Can I Reward Online Students for Insightful Participation?
14.3 How Do I Provide Feedback When Grading Online Student Submissions?
14.4 How Do I Teach My Online Students About Academic Integrity?
14.5 How Do I Review Assignment Solutions With Students Online and Still Ensure Academic Integrity?
14.6 How Can I Ensure That Online Students Are Doing Their Own Assignments and Projects?
14.7 How Do I Make It Harder for My Students to Cheat On Online Tests?
14.8 How Can Exams Be Proctored Online, and What Are the Tradeoffs?
14.9 How Do I Encourage Online Students to Turn On Their Webcams?
Chapter 15 Making Online Courses Better
15.1 How Can I Teach My Online Course Better Next Time?
15.2 How Can I Use Student Feedback and Evaluations to Improve My Online Course?
15.3 How Do I Determine If My Online Course Meets Its Learning Objectives?
15.4 How Do I Know If My Online Course Needs to Be Updated?
15.5 How Can I Work With Other Faculty to Improve My Online Courses?
15.6 How Can I Make My Online Course Fit Better Into the Program?
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Appendices
Appendix A Creating Asynchronous Lectures
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Appendix B Integrating Prerequisite Review Material—Module 0
Appendix C Conducting Synchronous Sessions
Appendix D Creating and Supervising Asynchronous Online Discussions
References
Appendix E Creating Formative Evaluations for Asynchronous Lectures
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Appendix F Creating and Updating Tests in Your LMS
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Appendix G Creating Grading Rubrics
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Appendix H Managing Audio for Synchronous Sessions
Appendix I Dealing With Technology Problems During Class