Unknowns in Online Teaching

Teachers who are moving from on-campus to online teaching will have a lot of questions. Here are some examples:

Questions about Teaching Online

How often is it necessary to be online?
Should they have synchronous teaching sessions or rely more on asynchronous discussion boards?
Would they need to work unsocial hours?
How would they know if students were struggling?

My classmates were asked to contribute their own questions on a Padlet. I can definitely identify with the one with a to-do list, as I also find there is an enormous amount of different new things to learn, and I don’t like the feeling of ‘winging it’:

Questions about teaching online from my classmates

The prospect of teaching online raises many questions

I did find this unintimidating video full of useful tips:

8 Lessons Learned from Teaching Online

Video by EDUCAUSE

High Touch is More Important than High Tech
Establish Social Presence Using Digital Story Telling
Use Technology Intentionally – be driven by the intention not the tools available
The Power of External Resources – supplement your own resources
Make your Expectations Explicit
Do Something Different: use fun, playfulness and the unexpected to re-engage students
Login regularly, at least 5 days a week
Give Personal Feedback

(Main Image: Workspace for Online Teaching, by athlwulf, via Flickr. Licence: CC-BY-2.0)