The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips

A good aid to using the gradebook is to develop an assessment plan with these five features of each course assignment: (1) assignment name, (2) purpose of the assignment, (3) due date, (4) number of points, and (5) location of the assignment rubric. Examples of these assessment plans are in Chapter Seven.

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any particular assignment would be even more useful. I read the short story at least twice. I revised this paper at least once. I spent at least five hours on this paper. I started work on this paper at least three days ago. I have tried hard to do my best work on this paper. I proofread this paper at least twice for grammar, spelling, and punctuat

Practice Description Best practice 1 Be present at the course site. Best practice 2 Create a supportive online course community. Best practice 3 Develop a set of explicit expectations for your learners and yourself as to how you will communicate and how much time students should be working on the course each week. Best practice 4 Use a variety of l

What is a content frame? Content frames are also called cognitive maps, visual graphics, and overviews. We like to use the term content frame because preparing a frame for a course helps learners get a holistic sense of a course. It presents a clear picture of what is to be learned in a course and what can be learned later as interests develop and

In the first posting, which can be done at the end of a week's cycle before the formal forum begins, learners answer these kinds of questions: What do they or others think or know about a particular topic, philosophy, or person? How, when, or from whom did they acquire this knowledge? How have they used this knowledge in the past? What images and w

Weave into your posting, where possible, related prior personal knowledge gained from experience, prior course work or work experience, discussions, and readings. When posting, use proper language, spelling, and grammar, similar to the tone and manner of expression that you would use in a professional environment. Refer to netiquette resources.

practice 9 Combine core concept learning with customized and personalized learning. Best practice 10 Plan a good closing and wrap activity for the course. Best practice 11 Assess as you go by gathering evidences of learning. Best practice 12 Rigorously connect content to core concepts and learning outcomes. Best practice 13 Develop and use a conten

Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy Updated by Krathwohl, 2002