Teaching Online Toolkit
The last few weeks have been emotionally overwhelming and difficult, including having to cancel our annual conference—a significant logistical undertaking—and working many hours to come up with an alternative arrangement. Our team at NISOD has also produced the Teaching Online Toolkit below for faculty members at our member community and technical colleges. The Toolkit includes particularly timely online teaching best practices compiled from our Innovation Abstracts and webinars. Our objective is the provide research and resources faculty members need so they can help their students be successful as they too transition to a mainly online environment.
The last few weeks have been emotionally overwhelming and difficult, including having to cancel our annual conference—a significant logistical undertaking—and working many hours to come up with an alternative arrangement. Our team at NISOD has also produced the Teaching Online Toolkit below for faculty members at our member community and technical colleges. The Toolkit includes particularly timely online teaching best practices compiled from our Innovation Abstracts and webinars. Our objective is the provide research and resources faculty members need so they can help their students be successful as they too transition to a mainly online environment.
Five Simple Ways to Improve Engagement in College Success Courses for Better Outcomes
In October 2018, EdSurge released the research study "Measuring Up: How Community Colleges Define, Measure and Support Student Success." This study revealed important trends in student success initiatives, current practices for institutional analytics, and early indicators of student success at community colleges in the United States. This interactive webinar presents highlights from the study alongside five easy-to-implement methods that can be incorporated in college success courses to encourage and evaluate student engagement for better learning outcomes.
Learning Outcomes:
Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:00-2:00pm CDT
Please register for this workshop through the TLETC.
NISOD’s Best Practices for Teaching Online (this replaces Online Pedagogy)
To view or begin the course go to https://www.mountainviewcollege.edu/emp/development/mvc/pages/best-practices.aspx
"Best Practices for Teaching Online" is a competency-based online faculty professional development program, collaboratively developed, featuring online students and faculty at multiple institutions, and officially recognized by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)!
Collaboratively Developed. Openly Accessible.
Best Practices for Teaching Online prepares faculty to implement quality course design practices, supporting an informal course development process (non-evaluative). This program is the result of collaboration between multiple higher education institutions who have worked together in support of online faculty. The course is openly accessible (public) and there is no cost associated with participation, consideration, or adoption. An estimated 4-6 hour faculty commitment is required to complete all course materials and can be applied towards annual professional development requirements.
You will need to show your completion certificate in order to get credit for this course.
Please register for this workshop through the TLETC.
In October 2018, EdSurge released the research study "Measuring Up: How Community Colleges Define, Measure and Support Student Success." This study revealed important trends in student success initiatives, current practices for institutional analytics, and early indicators of student success at community colleges in the United States. This interactive webinar presents highlights from the study alongside five easy-to-implement methods that can be incorporated in college success courses to encourage and evaluate student engagement for better learning outcomes.
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain access to easy and affordable analytics tools that boost student engagement.
- Learn how to perform tasks such as tracking attendance and gauging students' conceptual understanding on mobile devices.
- Explore how to apply these tools to the college success classroom.
Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:00-2:00pm CDT
Please register for this workshop through the TLETC.
NISOD’s Best Practices for Teaching Online (this replaces Online Pedagogy)
To view or begin the course go to https://www.mountainviewcollege.edu/emp/development/mvc/pages/best-practices.aspx
"Best Practices for Teaching Online" is a competency-based online faculty professional development program, collaboratively developed, featuring online students and faculty at multiple institutions, and officially recognized by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)!
Collaboratively Developed. Openly Accessible.
Best Practices for Teaching Online prepares faculty to implement quality course design practices, supporting an informal course development process (non-evaluative). This program is the result of collaboration between multiple higher education institutions who have worked together in support of online faculty. The course is openly accessible (public) and there is no cost associated with participation, consideration, or adoption. An estimated 4-6 hour faculty commitment is required to complete all course materials and can be applied towards annual professional development requirements.
You will need to show your completion certificate in order to get credit for this course.
Please register for this workshop through the TLETC.
Please register for these workshops through the the TLETC.
Updated June 10,, 2020 2:44pm