Walking the Talk: 10 Best Practices for Teaching Online
Johanna Inman (johanna@temple.edu; @johannainman)
Carl S. Moore (carl@temple.edu; @carlsmoore)
Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online
Boettcher, J. V., & Conrad, R. M. (2010). The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and
Practical Pedagogical Tips (1 ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 1. Be present at the course site.
2. Create a supportive online course community.
3. Develop a set of very clear expectations (& instructions) for you
and your students as to (1) how you will communicate and (2)
how much time students should be working on the course each
week.
4. Use a variety of large group, small group, and individual work
experiences.
5. Use synchronous and asynchronous activities.
6. Ask for and build in informal feedback early in the term.
7. Prepare discussion posts (prompts) that invite responses,
questions, discussions, and reflections.
8. Search out and use content resources that are available in
digital format.
9. Provide opportunities to connect course content to students’
lives.
10. Plan a good closing and wrap activity for the course.
Walking the Talk: 10 Best Practices for Teaching Online
Johanna Inman (johanna@temple.edu; @johannainman)
Carl S. Moore (carl@temple.edu; @carlsmoore)
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Question: What do you see as the greatest challenge to or benefit of teaching
fully online?
Text 423325 followed by your answer to the following phone number 37607.
Small Group Discussion Question: In what ways do you apply the best
practice assigned to your group?
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The record keeper’s job is to text 3-5 ideas from the group discussion.
Text the keycode 423476 followed by your group number (for example “BP#1”)
and the idea to the phone number: 37607.
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