Hello and welcome to my Online Teaching Principles Capstone project!

My name is Angelina LaBarre and I have been a Drama Instructor at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA for the past 7 years. I began teaching online in 2018 with just some basic training under my belt, and immediately I had the nagging sensation that those online courses weren’t enough. This prompted me to figure out what I thought I was missing as an online educator.

I began my journey of fully taking the joy of theatre into an online learning environment in the Fall of 2019 by taking as many @ONE courses I could manage. I finished my last course before this capstone right as we moved to remote teaching due to COVID-19. I count myself lucky that I hungrily ate up all the @ONE courses I could and had these principles to guide my work before this pandemic hit.

I’ve crafted this online space as an open invitation to you to explore my growth and development in the five @ONE Principles for Quality Online Teaching that culminate in an Advanced Certificate in Online Teaching Principles. I wouldn’t have been able to offer this invitation to you without the insight, compassion, and generosity of my @ONE instructors, my campus DE mentors, and my classmates I’ve met along the way. I’m so excited to be in their good company.