Planning and Building Your Course
Getting Started Online
This self-paced tutorial offers a review of current literature in the field through readings on key topics, practical tips, and suggestion for online teaching with links to Internet resources for further study.
Instructional Design for eLearning
In the real world of education, teachers function as "teacher-designers" who determine the need for instruction, design and develop, revise, and teach the materials they develop. The secret to success is to focus on teaching and learning NOT on the technology which is what this self-paced tutorial will help you do.
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Online Teaching Methods
General Online Teaching Methods
Active Learning Online
This self-paced tutorial is designed for faculty members who are interested in learning more about using teaching strategies that promote active learning in the virtual classroom. It offers a review of current literature in the field through readings on key topics, practical tips, and suggestions for online teaching, and links to Internet resources for further study.
Building Community Online
This self-paced tutorial provides thoughtful ideas about building an online community for all participants in your course.
Online Pedagogy: Beyond the D2L Template
This webinar offers guidance for teaching online, from course organization and assessment to creating true community and engaging students. The facilitator shows examples from his own courses, and guides discussion about participants' courses.
Web 2.0 Tools and Simulation Methods
Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts: Motivating Students Online
This webinar explores modern Web-based communication applications including wikis, blogs, news aggregators, Web-based virtual classroom applications, webinars and podcasting. Participants will develop activities and lessons for classes they teach and learn to use these applications effectively for instruction.
Presentation Materials (PPT)
Web Conferencing Methods
You Can't Teach Science Labs Online, Or Can You?
Webinar: Online via WebEx
Presenters: Sheri Steinke, Louise Millis, Lance Lund, Leah Schnaith, Mitch Albers, Pam Thinesen
With more students taking courses online, some faculty have found effective ways to teach their science courses and labs online! Join us to find out how they are teaching online and share in a discussion of what their students are learning. This session covers the way students are working at home to conduct experiments on their own.
Recording
Presentation (NHCC) (PDF)
Presentation (ARCC) (PDF)
Training Center 101 -- Getting Started: Overview, Scheduling, Testing and Reporting
This webinar is designed to make you confident in supporting your WebEx Training Center sessions with pre- and post-session preparation. Through demonstrations and hands-on practice, you will gain the necessary skills to schedule sessions, register participants, view reports, and conduct tests.
Recording (Windows Media Player)
Participant Guide (PDF)
Scheduling Notes (PDF)
Training Center 102 -- Getting Started: Facilitating Online Teaching
This webinar will teach you how to effectively use Training Center features such as sharing presentations or applications, polling, feedback features, and more for an interactive, successful training session.
Recording (Windows Media Player)
Participant Guide Same as for Training Center 101 (PDF)
Polling Feature Notes (PDF)
Polling Administration Notes (PDF)
Communicating with Participants Notes (PDF)
Presenting Notes (PDF)
Training Center 201 -- Advanced: Extending the Classroom
In this webinar, you will learn to extend the online classroom environment with breakout sessions, from creating to conducting. You will also learn to expertly manage communication and access in your main training session.
Recording (Windows Media Player)
Participant Guide (PDF)
Presentation Slides (PDF)
Breakout Session Notes (PDF)
Training Center 202 -- Advanced: Using Hands-On Lab
In this webinar, you will learn how to enhance your teaching sessions with Hands-on Lab practice in a virtual lab setting. All aspects of Hands-On Lab will be covered for scheduling and conducting sessions both inside and outside a training session.
Recording (Windows Media Player)
Participant Guide (PDF)
Hands-On Lab Notes (PDF)
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Assessment Online
Rubrics -- Measuring Student Success
This workshop is for faculty who are new to the concepts of competencies to define student achievement and using rubrics to measure assessment. Rubrics helps to clarify what an instructor is looking for in an assignment, as well as helping to increase consistency in grading subjective work while providing effective feedback.
Presentation (PPT)
Resources (PDF)
Plagiarism-Proof Assignments
The information in this self-paced tutorial is from a CTL Weekend Seminar by Christopher Anson titled "Good Teaching Makes Good Citizens: Designing Plagiarism-Proof Assignments." Anson suggested that instructors try to see plagiarism as an opportunity, not a liability--to see it as an opportunity to think about good teaching practices that help us to dissuade students from behaving unethically while also helping them to learn the complexities of source attribution.
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Additional Resources for Online Teaching
Distance Learning Bookmarks
List of Web resources about distance learning, including teaching online or hybrid courses.
Online and e-Learning Bookmarks
List of Web resources about teaching online.
MinnesotaOnline
Online resources for faculty that MinnesotaOnline provides.
