How can I best adapt my teaching for engaging online delivery?
This guide is designed to help instructors utilize IU-supported technologies to facilitate active teaching and learning in the online format, either as part of a planned online/hybrid course, in times of emergency (e.g., campus closure or periods of high absenteeism), or to reinforce learning between face-to-face class sessions. Through the use of such technologies as email, phones, Oncourse, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Connect, and lynda.com, instructors can create an effective learning environment with minimal to no face-to-face class time.
Regardless of teaching styles or techniques, effective learning environments encourage: student-instructor contact, cooperation and reciprocity among students, active learning, prompt feedback, time on task, communication of high expectations, and respect for diverse talents and ways of learning (Chickering and Gamson, 1987). This guide should help instructors match their teaching techniques with IU-supported technologies, learn about these technologies, and know where to turn for help from a consultant.
Follow the links below to pages dedicated to specific teaching techniques:
- Lectures
- Discussions, including case-study, project, and problem-based learning discussions
- Collaborative learning and group activities
- Readings and other resource media
- Demonstrations, including audio, video, and screen captures
- Feedback and self-assessment/mastery
- Submitting work of all types
- Holding office hours
