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SUBR - FACULTY DEVELOPMENT:
NURTURING A CULTURE OF ONLINE QUALITY ASSURANCE

FACILITATING AN ONLINE COURSE 
START DATE - FRIDAY -  November 16, 2018
CLOSING DATE - FRIDAY - JANUARY 11, 2019 
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 LEARNING OBJECTIVE

This course focuses on the pedagogy and best practices for facilitating an online course to improve online student learning outcomes (OSLO) and experience. It will also cover institutional policies, assessment and reporting and analytics used for quality improvement

To be an effective Online Teacher, one must have a clear understanding of how cognition and learning theory applies to online learning. This course provides specific strategies for incorporating this knowledge into effective learner-centered teaching that gets results. Best practices and strategies on motivation, tailored instruction, interaction, collaboration, monitoring and communication, time and information management, student concerns, and legal and ethical issues will be covered.

After completing the course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify policies related to teaching online at your Southern University
2. explain why and how to orient learners to online learning and to online courses.
3. Describe characteristics of learning theories.
4. Select teaching strategies based on learning theories. 
5. describe how to create instructor, social, and cognitive presence in online courses. 
6. explain how to assess teaching and learning in online courses. 

 

Best Practices Teaching Online 

We are providing below research-based best practices in online learning design and delivery to enhance online students learning outcomes. This body of literature could empower any online faculty seeking to make a difference in student learning online and their satisfaction with services provided by the SUS. Please note that our list is not exhaustive and we intend to update our proposed links based on current research in the field.

Getting the information to the students

• Instructional Strategies for Online Courses and Different Learning Styles – Discusses different strategies for Online Learning, such as learning contracts, discussion, lecture, etc.

Being a successful instructor

What Makes a Successful Online Facilitator, Discusses the basic criteria for a person to be successful as an online facilitator

Instructional Strategies / Pedagogy

• Ice Breakers Activities at the start of a class session can serve many purposes. Learn some of these purposes and how ice breakers work.
• Facilitating Every Student in an Online Course Article discussing how the online course facilitator is charged with the task of developing the skills of these non-ideal students while creating a learning environment suitable to various needs, preferences, and abilitites
• Online Response Time Are you always racing the clock when you teach an online course? In this Pointer and Clicker article you will find time management tips to integrate into the design of your course. Specifically, the discussion explores online response time for three areas of online courses: e-mail messages; asynchronous conferencing and homework/tests.
• Elements of Instruction
• Providing Feedback

Learning Strategies

• What Makes a Successful Online Student , discusses qualities that the online student should possess
• What Every Student Should Know About Online Learning What should you know before beginning and online program
• Tips for Online Success – Learn some tips for how to get the most out of your online learning experience
• Time Management Advantage – Time Management Strategies for Online College Students.

Other Reference you to consult

Hallmarks of Excellence in Online Learning