Wednesday, 2 November 2016

A Return to Best Practices for Teaching Online

By Mary Grush, Campus Technology

Technology advancements have made online learning environments seamless, and our daily and nearly continuous exposure to online modes for communication in almost all areas of our lives seems to have made almost everyone comfortable working online. But is the distinction between online learning and campus-based instruction disappearing? And are all teaching faculty necessarily prepared to teach online? The lines between online learning and campus-based courses might appear to be blurring over time, but it’s important to realize that there are, and always will be, differences. Asking faculty to move their courses online may be deceptively simple. That’s why co-authors Judith Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad have refined a list of 14 best practices based on core learning principles to help faculty succeed in creating effective online courses.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/10/25/a-return-to-best-practices-for-teaching-online.aspx

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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=19889

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