12 Key Ideas: An Introduction to Teaching Online

12 Key Ideas: An Introduction to Teaching Online

Creator(s)

Ashlyne O'Neil, Dave Cormier

Organisation(s)

University of Windsor

Discipline(s)

Teaching & Learning

Topic(s)

Accessibility & Inclusion, Curriculum Design, Digital Learning, Teaching and Learning Practice

License

CC BY

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This open licensed course/book has 12 chapters that have been developed to help transition to teaching online. 

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

In the words of the authors “This course is an attempt to re-frame the idea of what it means to start teaching online. It will not give you a step by step process to create a syllabus or tell you what buttons to press. The intent of this course is to present you with online learning as a conceptual challenge. These 12 chapters are meant to help transition to teaching online. It is based on our first seven weeks of working with faculty in an intensive synchronous/asynchronous course at the University of Windsor in Canada. Our advice is that you choose one topic a day, watch the short (2-3 min) video, and do the suggested action. Find a friend. Work together.”

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O'Neil, A., & Cormier, D. (2021). 12 key ideas: an introduction to teaching online. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/12-key-ideas-an-introduction-to-teaching-online/ License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

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