Distance education, including online and hybrid/blended, often utilizes different strategies than traditional face-to-face education. The distance classroom may also use transformed strategies from face-to-face, while also leveraging options and items specific to distance.
Getting Started with Online & Hybrid Teaching
- Online Course Quality Review Rubric (OSCQR): Use the OSCQR Course Design Review Scorecard to assess and improve course design, accessibility, learner support, and overall online course quality.
- Blended Learning ToolKit: Building Your Course – This blended learning toolkit from the University of Central Florida provides examples of hybrid learning approaches, course blueprints, and guidance for what quality hybrid courses need to be effective.
Building Community, Presence, and Student Engagement
Creating meaningful connections is essential for student success in online learning environments.
- Creating a Sense of Belonging in the Online Classroom: This article from Faculty Focus contains strategies for fostering inclusion, equity, and student belonging in distance education.
- Presence in Online Courses: Learn how instructor presence can increase engagement, motivation, and student success.
- Establishing Community and Trust: Techniques for building relationships and creating a supportive online learning environment.
- Student Collaboration in the Online Classroom: Explore approaches for group work, peer learning, and collaborative activities in virtual settings.
Communication & Online Discussions
Clear expectations and purposeful interaction help create productive learning experiences.
- Establishing Communication Standards: Define communication expectations, response times, and preferred communication methods for your course.
Assessment, Feedback, and Monitoring Learning
Support student achievement through effective assessment and feedback practices.
- Providing Effective Online Feedback: Discover strategies for delivering timely, meaningful feedback in online courses.
- Tips for Checking Student Learning from Video Lectures: Learn methods for assessing engagement and comprehension when using recorded or live video content.
Online Teaching Tools & Technology
Make the most of digital learning technologies while supporting student success.
- Best Practices for Web Conferences: Tips for planning and facilitating effective virtual meetings, lectures, and web conferencing sessions.
- Student Privacy with Educational Tools: Understand privacy considerations and help students make informed decisions about the technologies used in your course.