Before You Begin
When students inquire about learning online, we often direct them to "Are you ready for online learning? "
Penn State University has developed a faculty self-assessment tool that allows you to assess your readiness for teaching online. It evaluates 4 categories of skill/experience:
- Organization/Time Management
- Communicating Online
- Teaching and Online Experience
- Technical Skills
Activity:
Take the Faculty Self Assessment for Online Teaching.
The results will be emailed to you; the feedback is thorough, practical and meaningful. It also includes references to valuable resources to help you learn more about teaching online.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- First Impression
- Welcome Message
- Demographics
- Learning Styles
- Online Instructor
- Three Levels of Interaction
- Summary
- Introduction
- Learning Theory
- Meaningful Outcomes
- Writing for the Web
- Accessibility
- Learning Objects
- Summary
- Introduction
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Building Assessments
- Summative and Formative
- Feedback
- Rubrics
- Track Changes and Comments
- Summary
- Introduction
- Keeping up
- Web 2.0 to 3.0
- Discussions
- Educational Tools
- Matching Technology
- Other Tools
- Summary