Best Practices

The resources below discuss best practices for teaching and designing courses online.

Instructional Design Resources

• Nine Online Course Development Tips
• Nine Strategies to Spark Adult Students' Intrinsic Motivation
• Best Practice Online and Blended Course Design and Development Manual
• Components of Good Online Course Design
• How (not) to Design an Online Course
• Interactive Techniques- for working in pairs, in groups, using social media, or working online.

Teaching with Technology

• Putting the "Tech" into "Teach" - a PowerPoint presentation from the 2016 Faculty Development Day discussing how to teach with technology.
• Audio Reflection Assignment Help Students Develop Metacognitive Skills

Teaching Online

• Engaging the Online Learner (PDF Book)- this book discusses activities and resources for creating creative instruction in an online environment.
• Online Teaching Guide - from Duke University School of Nursing - a " user-friendly and practical tool" to assist faculty in planning and implementing online courses.
• 10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education- an article from Faculty Focus that discussed the 10 principles of teaching online described by Dr. Lawrence Ragan at Penn State.
• Five Ways to Help Students Succeed in the Online Classroom
• Five Ways to Make Your Online Classroom More Interactive
• Adapting PowerPoint Lectures for Online Delivery: Best Practices
• Keeping Students Engaged in the Online Classroom
• Designing Effective Team Projects in Online Courses
• Using Think-Pair-Share in the College Classroom
• Frequent, Low-Stakes Grading: Assessment for Communication, Confidence
• Interactive Lectures- this resource from the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College describes how to make lectures more interactive and provides some examples for doing so.
• Strategies for Teaching at a Distance
• What Makes a Successful Online Facilitator?
• Effective Online Teaching
• The Problem of Online Learner Dropout
• Web-Based Technologies for the Nurse Educator
• Video Conferencing Best Practices for Instructors
• Pause, Play, Repeat: Using Pause Procedure in Online Microlectures