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The Fizzics & Fizzles of Online Teaching: Strategies For Success

Abstract

Dr. Khan will share his practical and tactical experiences about teaching an online class. Participants will hear first hand accounts about the ‘perils’ of teaching an online course as well as ideas for making it a successful online collaborative ‘community’ experience for all. Effective online teaching strategies will include:

Building rapport, Having clear expectation, Preventing email burn-out and more.

Description

The presenter will share strategies that will promote active learning in an online environment. It is important to note that active learning is not only an effective instructional strategy in the traditional learning environment, but also, it equally effective in an Asynchronous Online Learning Environment. Traditional learning strategies must be adapted and/or new strategies be tailored to the online learning environment. When preparing to teach online, many instructors look at the campus-based model and try to design their online course based on this model. You will hear the presenter stressing the need that in order for online delivery to be a successful learning experience for the student, a major redesign must take place in finding innovative ways to reach and teach our students.

It is important to acknowledge at the outset that not all students are comfortable with technology. The manner in which the instructor facilitates levels of comfort for students will help build rapport and motivation to complete the course work. The presenter will share how to create assignments, activities, or projects that permit students to "actively construct" knowledge when interacting with the information from the course.

In addition, the presenter will talk about the effective design of discussion threads that incorporate hypothetical scenarios, case studies, or theoretical conflicts to fuel discussions.