DAY 1: Overview
During Day 1, we will look at foundational concepts in online learning. In particular, we look at different strategies for moving our courses online. We have included this as a way to start us all thinking about the concept of what good online teaching looks like. We have included a discussion of what is meant by asynchronous and synchronous and some examples from UBC. Finally we have started to describe how the concept of blended learning can be applied to these modalities.
In this module you will also share your teaching context, as well as a course that you are redesigning to be offered in an online or hybrid format.
Learning Objectives
By the end of Day 1, you will be able to:
- Share your goals for learning in this program;
- Articulate supports you require in order to be successful
- Identify the specific course or module to work on to apply learning;
- Discuss your level of comfort in pivoting to an online environment;
- Articulate what you currently know about (and what experience you have with online learning).
Readings & Resources
Course Readings
- Nordmann, E., Horlin, C., Hutchison, J., Murray, J., Robson, L., Seery, M., & MacKay, J. R. D., Dr. (2020, April 27). 10 simple rules for supporting a temporary online pivot in higher education. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qdh25 Links to an external site.
- Darbey F . (2020). How to Be a Better Online Teacher. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-online-teaching#1t Links to an external site.
Further Reading
- Dunlap & Lowenthal. (2018) Online educators’ recommendations for teaching online: Crowdsourcing in action. Open Praxis. Available at: https://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/721/421 Links to an external site. - Dunlap and Lowenthal, compile multiple online educators recommendations for online teaching.
Guiding Questions
- As you move your course online, what are some strategies and approaches that can guide you?
- What is asynchronous and synchronous teaching?
- How does blended learning relate to synchronous and asynchronous teaching?
Discussion Activity (15 minutes)
On Day 1, we aim to situate you to key ideas and create space for you to reflect on and articulate where you are (current state) and where you’d like to go (goals for the week). You will complete this reflective writing exercise here at the end of this module.