Best Practices and Resources for Online

Teaching

Jym Brittain, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning - NSU

Topics● Best Practices

Planning Implementation

● Resources

Disclaimer: Always follow your institutional policies and procedures

Planning Best Practices● Understand Your Environment

Seek professional development Instructional Design Principles Be verbose Comments?

Planning Best Practices● Understand Your Students

Anxieties Goals Comments?

Planning Best Practices● Understand Your Limitations

Professional vs Personal Time Technology and technology skills Comments?

Implementation Best PracticesPrinciples of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education – AAHE 1987

Encourage contact between students and facultyDevelop reciprocity and cooperation among studentsUse active learning techniquesGive prompt feedbackEmphasize time on taskCommunicate high expectationsRespect diverse talents and ways of learning

Implementation Best Practices● Remember student anxiety● Follow your communication plan● Locate your stragglers● Use appropriate mediaComments?

Annotated Bibliography● Ko, S & Rossen, S. (2003), Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.● Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (2003), The Virtual Student: A Profile and Guide to

Working with Online Learners. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.● Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (2001), Lessons from The Cyberspace Classroom: The

Realities of Online Teaching. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.● Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (1999), Building Learning Communities in

Cyberspace:Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom . San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

● Watkins, R. (2005), 75 e-Learning Activities: Making on-line Learning Interactive. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Annotated BibliographyIllinois Online Network

http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/

Tennessee Board of Regentshttp://www.tn.regentsdegrees.org/faculty/pedagogy.htm

Kaye Shelton and George Saltsmanhttp://www.itdl.org/Journal/Oct_04/article04.htm

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Jym BrittainCenter for Teaching and LearningNortheastern State University918-456-5511x5859brittaij@nsuok.edu