Pedagogical Practice

Note: Alphabetized by Key Phrases

Course Content

• Use Advance Organizers to present a course/module framework
• Chunking your course to sizable content
• Create Modules to Organize and Present Content and Learning Activities
• Include FERPA Statements in course documents
• Use images with the considerations of accessibility and copyright to illustrate online course content
• Relate course goals into one or more measurable Learning Objectives for each unit/module/week of your course
• Use a Course Orientation Module or Getting Started Module as an orientation to your online course
• Use Screencasts to provide students tutorials or to explain harder to grasp concepts.
• Use Campus Learning Management System (LMS) Team Information to provide students with contact information for your school's online learning support team.
• Use a Learning Management System Orientation to provide students guidance with the learning management system used for the course.

Interaction

• Use Blogs to communicate with students
• Student Generated Blogs for journals and reflection
• Use Discussion Prompts to facilitate discussions
• Setting Discussion Expectations to support students
• Facilitate discussions to promote interaction and critical thinking
• Discussion Strategies for Large-size Classes
• Select a Discussion Facilitator to diversify discussions
• Use Group Discussion Strategy to facilitate group work
• Keep students engaged/successful with Intervention messages
• Use Mobile Learning components to increase access to your course and interactivity with your students.
• Facilitate Peer and Professor Feedback using collaborative social media technologies
• Use Social Bookmarking to organize and share online resources
• Use Social Networking tools to share with students brief supplemental content links and status updates related to course work
• Use Social Networking tools to engage students in extended professional networks
• Assessing authentic learning with student-generated Social Videos
• Use Three-before-me as a communication strategy in a large class
• Send a Welcome Message to students before the class begins
• Use wikis to facilitate group projects
• Use wikis to scaffold learning

Assessment

• Cheating Reduction Strategies
• Collect student feedback using Course Evaluations
• Use Group Evaluation to assess group work
• Use Rubrics to evaluate students' online discussions
• Use Self Tests to guide and motivate students' learning
• Use Syllabus Quiz to familiarize students with course policies and expectations