OLT provides some easy to access resources for Faculty who are new to teaching in distance education. Here are a couple of resources that you can download or print and save for easy reference:
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Preparing for the Start of Term
If you are taking over the instruction of a print based course or delivering an online course for the first time, you may want to be aware of some of the resources to support your work in distance education.
Download the teaching tips for Online (pdf) or Print (pdf) for your reference. The Teaching Tips will provide you with sample communications for welcoming your students, links to the resources you will need to get started and suggestions for supporting learners.
You may also want to print the list of Key Contacts (pdf)for distance education. This will help you direct your concerns (or your students’) to the right person.
Learning to teach using WebCT’s Vista? Check the e-learning site for upcoming Vista Bootcamp sessions.
Re-thinking your teaching approach? The TAG institute (May 26-31) offers sessions to stimulate your thinking: everything from Comic Pedagogy to Brain Research on Motivation and Emotion.
Finally, you will likely want to bookmark the DE Instructors’ Guide and Resources of the OLT website. Refer to it for information on exam invigilation (and other policies) to teaching resources (such as facilitating online discussion).
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New resources for a new term
If you are taking over the instruction of a print based course or delivering an online course for the first time, you may want to be aware of some of the resources to support your work in distance education.
Download the teaching tips for Online (pdf) or Print (pdf) for your reference. The Teaching Tips will provide you with sample communications for welcoming your students, links to the resources you will need to get started and suggestions for supporting learners.
You may also want to print the list of Key Contacts (pdf)for distance education. This will help you direct your concerns (or your students’) to the right person.
Learning to teach using WebCT’s Vista? Check the e-learning site for upcoming Vista Bootcamp sessions.
Re-thinking your teaching approach? The TAG institute (May 26-31) offers sessions to stimulate your thinking: everything from Comic Pedagogy to Brain Research on Motivation and Emotion.
Finally, you will likely want to bookmark the DE Instructors’ Guide and Resources of the OLT website. Refer to it for information on exam invigilation (and other policies) to teaching resources (such as facilitating online discussion).
One of the key differences in teaching a distance course vs. a face to face course is that distance requires a team – where f2f is largely a solo proposition.
That means, for new instructors, there are many new (and necessary) contact people, services and systems that you will need to interact with in the delivery of your course.
We provide some basic getting started tips for new instructors. Whether you are teaching a print-based or online course, you may want to have a look at the tips and keep them on your desktop for reference.
Tips for instructors in print-based courses: Download PDF
Tips for instructors in online courses: Download PDF
Weblogs can be used for many purposes. This one is for sharing information relevant to teaching a distance course at UBC. So far, this has kind of been a one way street. But what about you? I’m sure many of you have comments, stories and issues to share with your colleagues, perhaps you’d like to seek some feedback or generate a discussion. One way to do this is through the use of Comments.
Click on the word Comments at the bottom of this entry and try it out! Your comment will appear as soon as it has been approved (annoying, I know, but the approval process cuts down on spam).
You might also want to post an entry on a subject of interest. In this case, for now, please send it to me and I will post it. If you want to post regularly, let me know and we’ll set you up as an author on the blog.
That’s all there is to it! Comment away!
Cindy
This August, UBC’s e-Learning Institute is leading 3 hands-on WebCT
workshops aimed at helping instructors prepare for the upcoming fall term.
Sessions are scheduled for August 28 & 29 and cover the basics of setting up
a WebCT course, getting started with quizzes and assessments and promoting
community in your online course through the use of communication tools.
Register now, space is limited:
WebCT Workshops
Spread the word to interested colleagues in the UBC teaching community.
We gratefully acknowledge funding for this Institute, provided by UBC
students through the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund
(TLEF).
photo by Ayat83 – courtesy Flickr.
Most of us usually approach the start of a new fall term with good intentions, hopefully some optimism (and sometimes abject fear)! Here is a handy Term Prep Checklist (pdf) that might help you in your planning prior to the start of each term.