Prior to the pandemic, my experience with online teaching was minimal. I had taught a couple of online courses but I was not happy with what I came up with. I felt comfortable teaching face-to-face and felt that the interactions I had in the classroom were not possible to translate in an online space. So, I decided to put teaching online on hold. During the pandemic, we were practically forced to teach online and work with what we had. I started teaching more math courses asynchronously and felt better with what I was able to come up with. However, I still felt that my online presence could be stronger.
I have learned so many great things when it comes to humanizing online. I had heard about the liquid syllabus but I never got a chance to make one until now, so I am very stoked for this upcoming semester! Aside from the liquid syllabus, I have learned how to establish a much more humanized experience for students through video, discussions, surveys, and so much more. I feel like I am in a very good place than I was before and feel a lot more confident going into an online space and establishing trust with my students.
I want to implement everything I learned into my online courses. I also would like to use some of these tools in my face-to-face courses since I think it can also be translated there. I hope to establish a strong online presence and gather some data to see what the student online experience is like. I want to gather feedback to see what works and does not work for students and grow as an online instructor.