Mastering Online Teaching Excellence
Learn essential strategies for successful online teaching in this 2-week course from ASU. Enhance your skills for any teaching modality.
Learn essential strategies for successful online teaching in this 2-week course from ASU. Enhance your skills for any teaching modality.
Elevate your online teaching skills with this comprehensive course adapted from ASU's flagship workshop for ASU Online faculty. Whether you're new to online teaching or seeking innovative strategies, this self-paced experience covers effective techniques applicable across various teaching modalities. Explore topics crucial for online student success, engage in community forums to share ideas, and learn from peers. The course covers building learning communities, facilitating effective discussions, aligning course content, and enhancing instructor presence. You'll gain practical skills to immediately apply in your online, remote, or hybrid teaching environments. This course is not platform-specific training but focuses on universal strategies for designing and teaching online courses effectively. Join a broader teaching and learning community, contribute your insights, and leave with a concrete plan to implement your newfound knowledge in your online courses.
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What you'll learn
Contribute effectively to an online learning community
Navigate edX proficiently from a student's perspective
Identify key components of online student success
Design questions that facilitate engaging class discussions
Apply the Quality Matters Rubric in course design
Align instructional elements using Bloom's Taxonomy
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
PreRecorded video
Discussions,Knowledge checks,Peer review,Self-assessment
Access on Mobile, Tablet, Desktop
Limited Access access
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There are 8 modules in this course
This course covers essential aspects of online teaching excellence. It begins with building a learning community and understanding online student success factors. Participants learn to design effective discussions and ensure course content quality using tools like the Quality Matters Rubric. The course delves into instructional alignment using Bloom's Taxonomy and explores various pedagogical approaches for online content delivery. It also covers techniques for creating effective lectures and optimizing instructor presence in online courses. Throughout the modules, participants engage in discussions, knowledge checks, and practical activities to apply their learning. The course concludes with participants creating an action plan to implement their newly acquired knowledge and skills in their online teaching practice.
Course Orientation
Module 1
Building a Learning Community
Module 2
Online Student Success
Module 3
Effective Discussions
Module 4
Course Content and Quality
Module 5
Course Design and Content Development
Module 6
Instructor Presence and Action Plan
Module 7
Course Wrap Up
Module 8
Fee Structure
Instructors
Higher Education Expert and Instructional Design Leader
Diane Ellison serves as Manager of Instructional Design for Continuing and Professional Education at EdPlus/ASU Online, bringing 17 years of experience in higher education. Her expertise spans online learning, faculty development, and student mentoring, including 14 years as a faculty member teaching online courses. Her academic credentials include a BA in Communication from Arizona State University, an MBA, and an MAED in Instructional Technology. At ASU, she contributes to developing innovative learning experiences that combine learning technology, faculty expertise, and instructional design strategies to enhance student outcomes. Her work includes developing and managing instructional design for ASU's online courses, including the "Foundations for Excellence in Teaching Online" program
Educational Technology Leader and Online Learning Innovator
Renee Pilbeam serves as Online Learning Manager for Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives at EdPlus/ASU Online, bringing over a decade of experience in instructional design, teaching, and faculty development. Her role includes managing professional development and training efforts to support online teaching faculty. As a graduate of the 2021 IELOL program cohort and program co-director, she has demonstrated leadership in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in higher education, earning the Chair's Award from the Committee for Campus Inclusion for integrating equity standards into course design. Her work focuses on developing transformative learning experiences through faculty partnerships, sound learning design, and effective use of technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University and contributes to ASU's flagship workshop "Master Class for Teaching Online." Her philosophy centers on education as a human right, emphasizing the importance of developing relationships, fostering human connection, and ensuring equity in educational access while working to dismantle systemic barriers in education.
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