The document summarizes a 3-week online teaching program called "Teach Online" that aims to help faculty discover how to use technology to support and engage online learners. The program is taught via a blended learning model to give participants an authentic online learning experience. It covers topics like online engagement and facilitation, collaboration tools, and designing online courses. The document also provides 4 "Top Tips" for online teaching, such as using online socialization and community building activities to create an engaging learning environment and putting yourself in the perspective of an online learner.
3. Our Position
Faculty of Medicine Dentistry & Health
Approx 16 distance learning courses across ScHaRR,
Dentistry, Medicine, Orthoptics, Nursing and Human
Communication Sciences.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Education have DL modules/ programmes
In development:
• Architecture- UoS students based in london
• iSchool- MA in Librarianship
4. Teach Online
Aim: To discover how technology can be used
to support and engage online learners.
3 week programme(4 including week 0)
taught via blended learning
Why blended?
Provide an authentic online experience
reinforcing practice through doing what we
were teaching.
5. Teach Online
Week 0
Week 1: Online
Engagement &
Facilitation
Week 3:
Analysis,
Reflection &
Action Plan
Week 2:
Collaboration,
Cloud and
Connectivity
Pre Course
task
Gilly Salmon’s
5 Stage Model
Creating video
Webinar: Student
Reporting and
Course Design
Social Media Do’s
and Don’ts
SAMR Model-
Group Work on apps
Resident Visitor Map
face-to-face face-to-face
webinar
Presentations
and Q&A with
PVC LT
8. Top Tip 1
Online
Socialisation
Example
Week 0 task, what’s your
interpretation of Gilly Salmon’s 5
Stage Model- A framework describing
how students work best in an online
environment
• Pre course tasks/ week 0
• Set realistic expectations
• From lecturer to a host at a cocktail http://www.gillysalmon.com/five-stage-model.html
@navhundal
9.
10. Top Tip 2
Creating Community
G+ Community
Support and feedback from peers and tutor
Local LT support - follow up
Everyone learning together - even us!
Learning is social - powering self learning
It’s not what you know it’s who you know
@navhundal
11. Top Tip 3
Collaboration
Allowing opportunities for online collaboration
through group work
Co-constructing knowledge together
Lots of online possibilities
@navhundal
12. Top Tip 4
Put yourself in the shoes of a learner
If you’ve never done a MOOC, try one!
“I think the course was very engaging and provided an insight into what it is like to
be an online learner. Experiencing the reverse role is valuable in
understanding the needs and requirements of distance learners. I feel the
course and especially the tutors have done an excellent job in summarising and
touching upon various tools available in order to make this type of learning
@navhundal
13. Top Tips
1. Online Socialisation
2. Create a Community
3. Collaboration
4. Put yourself in the shoes of a
learner
@navhundal
discover how distance and blended learning courses can be supported by technology to engage students online
making sure everyone has access and can get online. Ironing out technical problems, motivating students. Giving students time to familiarise themselves with their online environment and get to know each other.
informal
formal
letting students learn together, google + might be more informal but provide mechanism by which students can work together and learn together, example could be creating a google site as a resource, collaborating on a google doc, debating in a discussion forum