The
following Bibliography is related to Online Teaching Techniques that can be applied on Online Education.
Imagine
you're a teacher that as been invited to tutor, for the first time, an online
course. How can you make the transition from a classroom to an online
educational environment?
The following articles and resources were selected to help teachers that want to learn how to
develop online teaching techniques.
The
first reading I recommend is:
This
resource is the 11th Chapter of the book "Theory and Practice of Online
Learning" provided by the Athabasca University and the author is Dr.Terry Anderson Professor & Canada Research Chair in Distance Education.
In
this chapter “Teaching in an Online Learning Context” the author "outlines
the three major components of teacher presence, and provided suggestions and
guidelines for maximizing the effectiveness of the teaching function in online
learning".
Those three components are: design
and organization, facilitating discourse,
and direct instruction. Reading
this chapter should be the first step to all teachers when creating an online course.
After
this introductory reading, I would recommend the following
presentation:
This
presentation is very important for two reasons:
1. It shows 7 teaching principles
for face-to-face teaching and compares them to online tutoring. The
information is very well designed and explained, making this presentation a
valuable learning resource for teachers.
2. By comparing the face-to face teaching to
online teaching, this presentation can help teachers that have to face, for
the first time, the transition between these learning environments.
After
reading the above resources, a teacher may be considering "What
activities and techniques may I use in a online course?". For that
question I recommend the reading of the following resources, that are all
about online teaching techniques:
In
this web page you will find the Course Redesign Guide that "can
be used to guide the development of learning objectives and the linking of a
each instructional component to a course objective".
The guide is structured by types of learning
objectives (Know, Do and Think), teaching and learning techniques
and types of technology that a teachers can use for their online courses. It's
a great resource because it rounds up critical points about online teaching for teachers that are starters in elearning.
Is
this report, the Hanover Research Council reviews the best practice teaching
strategies in the field of online education. I this divided in three sections:
1.
Overview of the Principles, Guidelines, and
Benchmarks for Online Education: best practices for online teaching with
a review of the variety of guidelines and principles of online education.
2.
Best Practices in Online Teaching Strategies:
strategies for planning and management
of online instruction, the actual teaching process and student assessment and
evaluation.
3.
An Exemplary Program and Examples of Effective Practices: examples
of an award-winning online education program and the teaching practices of
three award-winning instructors.
This
report is highly recommended for teachers that want to learn the best
studied strategies for online education. After reading some teaching techniques
in the above resources, this report will show you which ones are the best for the development of effective online learning and teaching.
Finally
and because we are in the age of Web 2.0, I must include the following
presentation, that illustrates that online learning it's not only what happens
inside a LMS.
In
this presentation, the author illustrates what is Online Education and the educational theories that support it. This
presentation is very useful for new e-teachers because it shows some tools and
teaching techniques used in online education and how the Web 2.0 can evolve
those processes to new learning and teaching strategies. If you are a teacher
that wants to develop online course, use these tips given by Prof. Sanjaya Mishra!
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