Looks at online teaching generally and more specifically at asynchronous delivery of online programmes and modules

1. Effective online teaching
Roger Watson
Professor of Nursing

2. Outline
• Definition
• Models
• Evidence
• Example

3. Definition

4. Online learning
• Online learning involves courses offered by postsecondary
institutions that are 100% virtual, excluding massively open online
courses. Online learning, or virtual classes offered over the internet,
is contrasted with traditional courses taken in a brick-and-mortar
school building. Wikipedia

5. What online learning should be
• Online learning should be
• Innovative
• Granular
• Varied
• Interactive
• Interesting
• Better than traditional models

11. Blended learning
• Blended learning is an approach to education that combines online
educational materials and opportunities for interaction online with
traditional place-based classroom methods. It requires the physical
presence of both teacher and student, with some elements of student
control over time, place, path, or pace. Wikipedia

14. What online learning should not be
• Online learning should not be
• An online version of the traditional model
• Putting handouts online (ie a repository)
• A plethora of links to online material
• Non-interactive

15. Models

16. Synchronous
• Synchronous learning refers to a learning event in which a group of
students are engaging in learning at the same time. Before learning
technology allowed for synchronous learning environments, most
online education took place through asynchronous learning
methods. Wikipedia

17. Asynchronous
• Asynchronous learning is a general term used to describe forms of
education, instruction, and learning that do not occur in the same
place or at the same time. It uses resources that facilitate information
sharing outside the constraints of time and place among a network of
people. Wikipedia

18. Advantages of asynchronous learning
• Better quality
• platforms
• material
• Convenience
• Wider reach across time zones
• Rehearsal

19. Disadvantages of asynchronous learning
• Does not suit all learners
• Requires some maturity and independence in the learner
• Lack of immediate answers to questions
• Lack of immediate feedback to teacher

20. Strategies for asynchronous learning
• Make the material dynamic
• Set clear learning objectives
• Pace the material
• Create space for collaboration
• Provide formative feedback and ad hoc support
• Learn from the feedback and change what doesn’t work
• Check all your URL links at the start of the semester

21. Evidence

23. Finally…
• Online teaching is not an easy option for the teacher (or the learner)
• It is very ‘front-loaded’ and it has to be ‘right’
• You need to learn some new skills:
• YouTube
• Podcasting
• Blogging
• You should be willing to share your material

24. Example

31. r.watson@hull.ac.uk
0000-0001-8040-7625
@rwatson1955