Teaching Online

Course Description

This course introduces the participants to best practices for teaching an online course at UVI. The course explores various factors that contribute to a successful and positive online/hybrid learning experience for the students. 

Faculty will earn a Completion Certificate upon successful completion (> 80%) of the specified activities in the course.  

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, you should be able to:

•  Identify activities to complete before the start of the course.

•  Identify activities and items to complete each week of the course.

• Discuss how to manage discipline and professionalism issues in an online/hybrid course.

• Summarize best practices for communicating with students in an online/hybrid course.

• Recognize strategies for identifying and supporting students-at-risk.

• Reflect on approaches for maintaining personal health and work-life balance while teaching an online/hybrid course.

Pre-requisites

This course assumes that you

•  are familiar with the process of designing higher education courses.

•  are familiar with designing assessment of student learning outcomes.

•  have experience of teaching and managing on-ground courses.

•  are familiar with the basic features of the Blackboard learning management system.

Requirements

For best experience, you will need a computer with fast Internet access, a speaker/headphones, a microphone, and a camera. You will also  need a browser (Chrome), MS Office Suite (or similar) and Adobe Acrobat reader (for PDF files).

You will need to engage with course activities for approximately 4 hours per week. There will be a weekly one hour long synchronous session conducted via Teams.  While attendance is not required, it is highly encouraged.