Teaching Online

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• Center for Teaching Excellence: several resources provide best practices for teaching online.
• Online Classroom: Center for Teaching Excellence subscribes to this service, which has searchable archives. Just plug in a search term, such as retention or engagement! Live help is available through chat.
• Workshop handouts under Teaching with Technology
• Magna Commons See the Teaching Online section. Searchable.
• Reflective Practice
• IT Support Center
• Library Distance Education Services

Academic Integrity

• IUP Policy and Procedures
• Proctoring Services at IUP
• Best practices in academic integrity. The strategies hold for any LMS, but the specific how-to’s are for Moodle.

Copyright

• TEACH Act Checklist for online education (IUP Libraries)
• General Information and Resources on Copyright (IUP Libraries)
• Copyright Crash Course (University of Texas)
• Copyright Instruction and TEACH Act Flow Chart (NC State University)

General

• Best Practices in Online Teaching Strategies, Hanover Research Council, 2009. Overview of principles and guidelines, online teaching strategies, and a case study.
• E-Learning Manual. Although some content is specific to this particular college, there are general sections on national guidelines, course design, and teaching online.
• MOOCs : Courses in online pedagogy are offered by reputable institutions via Coursera, Udacity, EdX, and University of Southern New Hampshire.
• MOOC providers
• Online and hybrid teaching, Michigan State University. Resources for designing online and hybrid courses.
• Penn State Dutton e-Education Faculty Development. The links below have relevance outside PSU.
  • Best Practices and Expectations for Online Teaching
  • Managing Your Online Class (what to do 3 weeks before, 1 week before, etc.) Geared for Angel LMS but can be adapted.
  • Quality Assurance e-Learning Design Standards
  • Faculty Competencies for Online Teaching
  • Accessibility and Usability

• The Perfect Online Course (link to Summary). Edited by Orellana, Hudgins, and Simonson, 2009. Includes design approach, guidelines and standards, instructional methods and models, and engagement (interaction, discussions and community).

Retention

• Online Retention - Annotated Bibliography

Standards and Rubrics

• Accessibility
  • WebAIM
  • Sample standards from University of Washington

• Assuring Quality in Online Education: Practices and Processes at the Teaching, Resource, and Program Levels (Online Learning and Distance Education), Kay Shattuck, 2014. IUP Library.
• Bb Exemplary Course Rubric This generic rubric is not restricted to Blackboard. Covers course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, and learner support.
• Chico State Rubric for Online Instruction. Intended for online and hybrid courses. Covers learner support, online organization and design, instructional design and delivery, assessment of student learning, innovative teaching with technology, and faculty use of student feedback. Permission to use posted online.
• Evaluating Online Courses. Michigan State compilation of standards for online courses.
• Middle States Guidelines for Distance Education – covers course elements and learner support
• Online course quality standards – free webinar and materials
• Penn State Quality Assurance e-Learning Design Standards
• Quality Matters rubric. Can download the standards for single use only if you create an individual account. Covers course introduction, learning objectives, assessment, instructional materials, activities and interaction, technology, learner support, accessibility and usability.
• Virtual Learning Collaborative – Michigan community colleges
  • Free online course development guidelines and rubric
  • News includes list of free online courses and monthly MOOC report which includes such courses as Teaching with Moodle and Foundations of Virtual Instruction

Student Success Online

• Student Success Online, Rio Salado College
• Tips for Students
  • 10-minute video on strategies for success
  • Skills to develop for online learning
  • Tips for success
  • Do’s and Don’ts
  • Success tips
  • What Makes a Successful Online Student?
• Student Time Management
  • General Tips on time management
  • Managing Time in Online Classes – short video

Universal Design, Accessibility and Usability

• EIT Accessibility Bibliography