A few weeks ago I discussed some of the questions on my mind as I prepared to teach my first online class. I’m now a few weeks into teaching my online-only graduate seminar, and I’m getting used to ...

The best preparation for running successful web meetings is teaching synchronous online class sessions. If you are good at teaching synchronously online class sessions (through platforms like Connect, ...

The other day I sat in on an online synchronous session in a graduate blended degree program. As I watched the session I kept thinking to myself "YES!" Yes - this is the sort of learning that ...

If the outcome from online courses is uneven, it's little wonder. Most instructors aren't exactly up to speed on what to expect. When it comes to learning how to teach online, most faculty receive ...

MSU faculty, staff and graduate students are encouraged to enroll in this Center for Distance Education virtual session, which will provide insight into the various considerations needed to teach a ...

In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming ...

Each class and each instructor is going to be a little different and have different needs. In general, to promote student learning, we have to think about providing them with information, giving them ...

If there’s one big takeaway from the Covid-19 crisis for higher education, it’s that teaching well online is increasingly, and vitally, important. Maybe you’re thinking: Well, once this global health ...

Virtual courses have several advantages for teacher and student alike, such as flexibility and self-management of learning, and they require a very active role from the student. However, even when ...

When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m. class via Zoom, she has to remember that it isn’t 11 a.m. for all of her students. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt ...

Every week, more colleges and universities announce that they will hold classes fully or partially online in response to COVID-19. Professors are being asked to design “hybrid” classes that blend ...