Online Teaching and Facilitating
Spring 2016 CPD Course
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Course Overview
This course prepares K-12 teachers and professional staff to teach and facilitate online learning for both student and professional development courses. It provides a learning experience in the teaching and facilitation of pre-developed and facilitator ready fully-online courses. It provides a foundation in methods, skills, processes, and best practices for teaching and facilitating a completely online course.
Course Topics
- Identifying skills and dispositions for online teaching
- Building community in an online space
- Creating engagement and supporting students
- Using asynchronous and synchronous tools
- Utilizing online assessment tools
- Managing the workload for teaching online
Course Schedule
Face-to-face meetings:
Mondays (Feb. 1, Feb. 29, Mar. 21) - 4:30-7:30 p.m. @ ARL
Web conference meetings:
Mondays (Feb. 22 and Mar. 14) - 8:00-9:00 p.m. @ Online
Your Course Facilitators:
Bob Cole
Coordinator; Digital Education Program
Joanna Epstein
Technology Teacher; Veterans Elementary School
Canvas Panda
Learning Management System; Mascot