3. DYNAMIC TEACHING
Effective teaching is inherently dynamic. Each time we teach a course, present a lecture, or engage our students in a learning activity, we teach when we respond to student questions and feedback “in the moment.” Effective teachers use experience to modify a lesson from semester to semester. Great online courses are not simply copied from semester to semester without significant changes, or allowed to run on autopilot, but rather are taught dynamically and improved with each iteration.
Reflections
Where I was.
Although I was highly interactive with my students and always modified my courses from semester to semester even before taking the @ONE Dynamic Teaching course, I learned a lot of valuable skills and tools from my colleagues and the course facilitators.
Where I am.
In addition to always making adjustments to my course content (instructions, assignments, etc.), and continuing to utilize the Canvas comment section for immediate student feedback (before grading), I incorporated several dynamic assignments in my courses.
Where I'm headed.
There is always room for improvement, and I hope to make my courses and teaching more dynamic each semester.
Examples
This video gives you a quick overview, how I have been utilizing the @ONE 'Dynamic Teaching' principles in my online courses.
DOT_A1_CVC-OEI-Course-Design-Rubric-rev.2.14.2019_C.Kelley_dynamic selfanalysis.pdfSelf-Evaluation of OEI rubric (section B)
The document contains a 'Section B: Interaction - Instructor Contact' self-evaluation of my online NUTR-11 course at PCC (which is a mandatory template course, and hence does not reflect 'my own work to apply the OEI rubric sections A and C').
Current “dynamic” course components in Claudia’s self-designed courses.docx'Dynamic Teaching' Components & Strategies
This document provides examples of my employed 'dynamic teaching strategies'.