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Entering the Hallowed Halls of Cyberspace:
Developing Strategies for Teaching, Interacting, and Delivering Information Online
Matthew R. Turner, Ph.D.
School of Communication
Radford University
Scott A. Turner, Ph.D.
Math and Computer Science
UNC Pembroke
Overview
•Introductions and interactions
•Group discussions and grading
•Encouraging student feedback
•Creating and delivering content
How Often Do you teach online?
A.NeverB.OccasionallyC.RegularlyD.All the time
Never
Occasio
nally
Regularly
All the ti
me
39%
24%
16%21%
How Much do you feel pressured to teach online?
A.Little to no pressure
B.Some pressureC.High pressureD.What’s a face-
to-face class?
Little to
no pressure
Some pressu
re
High pressu
re
What’s
a face
-to-fa
ce cl
ass?
30%
11%16%
43%
What do you Teach online?
A. I teach all of my classes online
B. I teach most of my classes online
C. I teach online classes occasionally
D. I teach hybrid courses
E. I have some of my course content or work online
F. I do nothing to very little online
0% 0% 0%0%0%0%
Introductions and Interactions
•First impressions matter
•Set tone for the course
•Continuing involvement matters
How to Introduce yourself
•Welcome letter
•Audio welcome
•PowerPoint/Prezi (Presentation software with pictures)
•Video welcome
My Family
This is my family on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sept. 19)I have a wife and three daughters. The oldest two are eight year old twins. The youngest is five and about to enter Kindergarten.
Setting Expectations
• Set expectations for responding to students• Gives structure• For your own sanity
• Set hours and media• Virtual office hours• When you will be checking e-mail/IM• How quickly you will respond
• Be consistent
being a continuing Presence
• Posting to forums/discussion boards
• News items or current events
• Responding to student requests
• Post most frequently missed test questions
• Feedback on assignments
• Video Feedback
• Handwritten feedback
• Water cooler discussion board
Which of the following have you done for online discussions? (Select all that
apply.)
A. Read and respond to all posts. Grade on quality.
B. Read and respond to some posts. Grade by number of posts.
C. Require all students to do all posts. Grade selected posts throughout the term.
D. Have students read and evaluate each other. Students grade each other.
31%
20%
12%
37%
Discussion
In groups of 4-6 people,
discuss what do you think about these techniques?
Which ones work?
Have you used these?
What additional techniques have you used or do you think could work?
Which of the following have you used to encourage student participation?
(Select all that apply.)
A. First/early submissions get bonus points
B. Impose penalties for late submissions
C. Extra credit for creative posts or assignments
D. Hard deadlines for assignments
E. Soft deadlines for assignments
F. Grade only first fixed percentage of submissions
0% 0% 0%0%0%0%
Discussion
In groups of 4-6 people,
discuss what do you think about these techniques?
Which ones work?
Have you used these?
What additional techniques have you used or do you think could work?
Capture software
•Screencast-o-matic
•Blueberry Flashback
•Jing
•Camtasia
•Adobe Presenter
•CMS (Blackboard, D2L etc.)
•Digital camera or phone