So you want to teach online…
SOME TRAVEL TIPS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ONLINE
TEACHING COMMUNITY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF ARKANSAS
Objectives for today
At the end of our session, you should be able to:
 Explain at least two ways to get started
 Determine your own best course of action
 Find resources you need
 Design a personalized plan
The journey
 Where are you?
 Where do you want to go?
 How can you get there?
 What resources do you have?
Teaching online is more journey than destination.
Where are you?
Using the Notes form, list as many of the following as
you can in the next 30 seconds:
 Questions you have about teaching online
 Fears you have about teaching online
Others have
traveled this
road
Where would you like to go?
 I want to incorporate more technology into my
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teaching.
I’m ready to “flip” my class!
I teach a blended course and want to teach a fully
online course.
I want to design and deliver an online course.
I want to be a part of the conversation, but not
necessarily part of the action…yet.
How can you get there?
Start where you are…
You can add one or
more “pieces” to what
you already do
Experiment
Assign
Flip
Review
Enroll
You can go all out…
whole hog…dive in
Plan
Co-Design
Design
Deliver
Mentor
Not your mother’s Blackboard!
Pop Quiz!
Just another way of
assessing learning…
 What is a significant difference
between developing a face-toface (F2F) course and
developing an online course?
No matter where you start…
 Do your research…and your homework.
 Build on a solid foundation.
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Pedagogy and planning
Bloom’s revised & digital taxonomies
Be honest with yourself.
Use the six honest serving-men.
Ask for the help you need.
Embrace fearless failure.
Build modules.
Build community.
Use the resources available.
Others have
left a path
What resources do you have?
 Global Campus
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Instructional designers
Training/coaching
Tools and tips
 Professional organizations
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Sloan C
Eduventures
Quality Matters
Blackboard World
Peers (including virtual)
Books and articles
Software and tool providers
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A fellow traveler
Dr. Rom’s “here’s how I teach online” video is being edited and will be available here soon
Ready to travel?
Using the provided form, write:
 One thing you can do this semester to move closer to
your personal goal for teaching online
 One thing you can do during the next academic year
to move even closer to your goal
What else do you need for the trip?
On the same form, list:
 The two resources that would help you the most in
your online teaching
And a travel tip…
 Be ready to experience some cognitive dissonance…
 It’s about the technology.
 It’s about the students.
 It’s about good teaching.
Your traveling
companions
today
Rebecca Miles
 Questions?
 Comments?
 Suggestions?
Curt Rom
Paul Cronan
Marty Matlock
Cheryl Murphy
Javier Reyes
 Yes, we’ll send you the
presentation…and links to other
resources, too!