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Online Teaching Skills

This resource covers essential qualifications, teaching strategies, and the differences between online and traditional classroom teaching. Discover effective skills and techniques, such as good organization, communication, and feedback for successful online courses. Explore the backbone of a teaching philosophy and best practices for engaging students. Get valuable insights on becoming a great online teacher and creating a supportive learning environment for students.

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Online Teaching Skills

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  1. Online Teaching Skills Computers in Libraries 2006Missy HarveyCarnegie Mellon Universityharvey@andrew.cmu.eduMarch 2006

  2. Overview • What Qualifies Me? • Becoming a Great Teacher • How Does Teaching Online Differ from Teaching in the Classroom? • Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online

  3. What Qualifies Me? • Degree in Elementary Education • Eleven Years Teaching for Library Schools • Teaching Kindergarten was One of My Favorites • Find the BEST Means to Enable Students to Learn

  4. Becoming a Great Teacher • Product of My College “…we envision our graduates as realizing themselves as learnersstill growing and changing, still acquiring new knowledge, still developing new questions.”

  5. Becoming a Great Teacher • Anyone Can Teach Mindset • Can Everyone Write Well? • Limitations and Abilities • You Do Not Know Everything • We May Not All Learn the Same Way • Use More than One Approach

  6. Becoming a Great Teacher • Approach from a New Point of View • Opportunity to Rethink/Reconsider • Respect • Be Sensitive • Handle Questions Delicately • Provide Positive Reinforcement

  7. How Does Teaching Online Differ from Teaching in the Classroom? • Considerably More Work • Good Communication is Vital • State Expectations Up-Front • Requires More Self-Discipline • Preconceived Ideas of the Necessary Time Commitment

  8. Discussion Boards as a Tool • Weekly Discussion Boards • Require Attendance • How I “Listen” and Participate • Keep Discussions On Track • Avoid Dominating the Conversations • Managing Chat Sessions

  9. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Good Organization is Key

  10. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Deliver Segments Weekly • Provide Clear and Detailed Instructions • Set Consistent Due Dates • You Have to Be the Person Who is Consistent and Reliable • Immediate Feedback

  11. Course Information

  12. Lectures

  13. Assignments

  14. Clear, Detailed Instructions

  15. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Increase Communication Efforts • Encourage Students to Share Ideas with Each Other • Rely on Assignment Manager • Email Confirmations of Receipt of Assignments • Provide More Handouts than Normal

  16. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Provide More than a Syllabus • Provide Links to Additional Resources • Make Yourself More Accessible than in a Traditional Class • Encourage Contact • Never Ignore Student Emails • Do Not Forget Praise

  17. For Successful Online Courses, Students Ask that Instructors • Post Expectations for the Course Clearly and During the First Week • Complete Grading in a Reasonable Timeframe and with Comments • Provide Lots of Feedback, Advice, Guidance, etc. • Make Yourself Available for Comments and Direction • Ensure the Course is Well Organized

  18. For Successful Online Courses, Students Ask that Instructors • Re-Explain Things to Ensure Students Understand Concepts • Make Learning Fun • Encourage Student Participation, rather than Squelch It • Allow Your Personality to Come Through • Keep Communication Lines Open • Take the “Distance" Out of Distance Learning

  19. Backbone of My Teaching Philosophy • Teachers have a moral obligation to act in the best interests of the students they serve • Teachers should possess such qualities as intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness, judgment, imagination, and self-discipline, in addition to such virtues as empathy, fairness, respect for others, and patience

  20. Backbone of My Teaching Philosophy Teachers are strongly encouraged to • reflect upon their teaching • engage with others in questioning and discussing the activities of teaching, the place and value of teaching, and the process of inquiry • evaluate current trends and time-worn practices in education

  21. Additional Information • Teaching Best Practices (Carnegie Mellon) http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/resources/ • A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/ • Designing Principles for Online Instruction http://www.fgcu.edu/onlinedesign/ • Are Online Librarians Teachers? http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA284801.html • The Age of Online Instruction http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA239514.html

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