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Effective Teaching Strategies for Face to Face and Online Learning Environments

Getting to know them....

Meet and Greets

Bios

Professor response

Icebreakers

Studies show that some student populations struggle to succeed and adapt in online courses.

(Xu & Jaggers, 2013)

Activity

In groups of three, share three icebreakers you use or would like to use in your course.

Keeping Track of Students

  • Student folders
  • Track details on students from bio/student posts
  • Keep details in folders and reference when dealing with student

Objectives

Create your Teaching Persona

Communication

  • Be Explicit
  • Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it mean
  • Consider the format of your posts, emails, IMs, etc.

By the end of this presentation, attendees will:

  • Learn tips to connect and develop relationships with students
  • Discover a new teaching persona for future classes online or face to face
  • Plan new assessment techniques for use at various times during the course
  • Be specific and considerate

In summary...

  • Provide timeline
  • Use and organize resources
  • Direct your students
  • Make connections
  • Course Materials
  • Course Schedule
  • Monday Memos
  • Friday Nightcaps
  • Connections to the real world

Communication...

Teaching Persona

Activity

Definition:

the personality of an instructor as they teach

  • In groups, discuss what you want your teaching persona to be in this semester
  • Describe that new persona with three words

Moreno, 2013, dictionary.com, 2013

Persona: noun. the mask or facade presented to satisfy the demands of the situation or the environment

Activity

Describe your current teaching persona in three words

To participate or not to participate...

Presence and cadence in teaching,

finding the sweet spot between overwhelming instructor presence and leaving your students to flounder alone

Assessment

Building Community

  • Why Assess?
  • Ongoing Assessment
  • Using Assessment Data
  • Model active participation
  • Feedback- specific and general comments
  • Meaningful feedback early on goes a long way
  • Turnaround time for questions

Availability

  • Establish office hours
  • Communicate availability
  • Provide contact information
  • Have multiple modes of contact

In summary...

  • Get to know them
  • Build community
  • Be available

Early & Ongoing Assessment

Fuel for...

Getting to know your students

Building community

Creating the best teaching persona for your class

Learning from new resources

Finding new areas to connect to real world

References

Alshare, K. and Miller, D. (2009). Student perceptions of the importance of instructor traits: a cross-cultural study. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal. 13.2. P107

Boettcher, J. V., & Conrad, R. (2010). The online teaching survival guide: Simple and practical pedagogical tips. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Davis, B. G. (2003). Demystifying assessment: Learning from the field of evaluation. In W. Y. Lee (Ed.), ASHE Reader series: Assessment and program evaluation (2nd ed., 33-48). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Hanna, D. E., Glowacki-Dudka, M., & Conceicao, S. C. O. (2000). 147 practical tips for teaching online groups: Essentials of Web-based education. Madison, Wis: Atwood Pub.

Hayes, T and Moreno, V. (2013). Online Courses. Presentation for Center of Faculty Excellence, Montana State University.

Lang, J. M. (2007). Crafting a teaching persona. Chronicle of Higher Education, 53(23), C.2.

persona. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved March 19, 2013, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/persona

Ragan, L. (2007, August 27). Best Practices in Online Teaching - During Teaching - Introduction. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m14943/1.5/

Moreno, V. (2013). Online Courses. Presentation for Center of Faculty Excellence, Montana State University.

Xu, D. and Jaggers, S. (2013). Adaptability to Online Learning: Differences Across Types of Students and Academic Subject Areas. CCRC Working Paper No. 54. Retrived from http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/adaptability-to-online-learning.pdf

Walvoord, B. E. (2004). Chapter 1: For everyone: The basics of assessment. Assessment clear and simple: A practical guide for institutions, departments, and general education (pp. 1-24). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Modified from: Ragan, L. (2007, August 27). Best Practices in Online Teaching - During Teaching - Introduction. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m14943/1.5/

Effective Teaching Strategies

Community

Learning Objectives

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Technology

Communication

Assessment

Catherine Johnson

Adjunct Instructor, Northern Plains Transition to Teaching

Doctoral Student, Adult & Higher Education

catherine.johnson7@montana.edu

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