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Effective office hours
How this will help: Identify various ways in which digital office hours can be structured. Integrate strategies for facilitating effective office hours in the online
Creating your syllabus for an online class
How this will help: Identify key features of a syllabus that benefit online students. Determine in what ways you will want to update your syllabus
Formative assessments
How this will help: Connect how formative assessments of student progress are used in an online setting. Identify strategies to assess student progress and understanding
Facilitating asynchronous online discussions
How this will help: Describe four principles for productive online discussion board facilitation. Identify when the discussion needs instructor support. The basics Group dynamics are
Successful peer review
How this will help: Recognize the benefits of peer reviews. Convey best practices and how to conduct peer reviews to their students. The basics You
Learning objectives and outcomes
How this will help: Articulate the value of learning objectives for structuring your course designs. Write learning objectives for your online course that use learner-centered
Introduction to communication tools
How this will help: Differentiate the uses and purposes of synchronous and asynchronous tools. Identify the benefits and limitations of each communication method. The basics
Finding open educational resources
How this will help: Identify the benefits to using open educational resources. Locate available open resources that can be used in a course. The basics
Asynchronous tools and how to use them
How this will help: Identify asynchronous tools available to them for online instruction. Operate the most appropriate asynchronous tools for their courses. The basics The
Synchronous tools and how to use them
How this will help: Identify the communication tools you will most likely be using in your online course. Integrate best practices into your synchronous tools