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So You’re an Online Student! Tips for Success

March 19, 2020

by Dr. Jennifer Roth-Burnette, Capstone Center for Student Success 1. Treat online study like a job. Plan 1.5–3 study hours per credit hour each week. If you are taking 12 credit hours, that’s 18–36 hours per week, depending on the difficulty of the courses you are taking. It’s a lot, but you can do it! Plan to spend the most time on the most difficult classes. 2. Manage your time proactively. Treat your online course like a job, and schedule […]

List of Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity

March 19, 2020

Below is a list of business continuity websites by American universities. It is being compiled by Daniel Stanford, Director of Faculty Development & Technology Innovation in the Center for Teaching and Learning at DePaul University. List of websites: Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity Submission form: http://bit.ly/rtresourceform

Blackboard Pro-Tip: Step Up Students’ Blackboard Literacy

January 8, 2019

by Nathan Loewen, Department of Religious Studies “We couldn’t find it on Blackboard!” Maybe you heard this about your syllabus? I heard this from my class after I returned their assignments online. Some people could not find their grades. Others could not find the general feedback I wrote about the assignment. Others still could not find the individualized notes that I added to each of their assignments. “Blackboard Literacy” means being able to navigate, find and use items on UA’s […]

Blackboard Pro-Tip: Tweaking Your Course Shell

January 8, 2019

by Nathan Loewen, Department of Religious Studies The College of Continuing Studies likely houses the most people at UA with a total mastery of Blackboard Learn. If you use Blackboard and want to quickly learn how to optimize it for your teaching, then the folks at CCS may well have the answers you are looking for on their Information for CCS Online Instructors page. Likewise, the home page for the Online Course Technical Support site has a slew of resources for […]

Gathering Real-World Video for Online Classes

February 22, 2018

by Meredith Cummings, Journalism and Creative Media When I started my Follow My Lede project in March of 2017, my goal was to drive 10,000 miles over six months (it took me 10) and visit dozens of newsrooms while chronicling American journalism. I was interested in holding a mirror up to the media and the people who bring us the news every day. As a reporter turned journalism instructor (and freelancer) I have quite a collection of friends at media […]

Creating Accessible Online Courses

November 1, 2017

by Jessica Porter, Office of Educational Technology (eTech) This post answers some of the most frequently asked questions about online course accessibility. To learn more about the accessibility of specific instructional technologies, visit accessibility.ua.edu or consult the official documentation for that technology. What does making a course accessible actually mean? Accessibility means all students can access and use your course from the beginning, including those with visual, auditory, cognitive and physical impairments. More specifically, it means your course follows the […]

An Inside Look at Online Teaching at UA

December 2, 2015

The Teaching Hub recently got the chance to interview everyone who teaches online courses for UA’s Department of Religious Studies. Thanks to help from the FRC, we gathered together across hundreds of miles with Blackboard Collaborate. In 25 minutes we discussed everything from the unique context of teaching online to what it takes to teach online successfully. A few of the questions asked: Given your experiences in a variety of teaching contexts, does the online course achieve something unique compared […]

Is “Learning Management System” a Misnomer?

October 20, 2015

by Nathan Loewen, Department of Religious Studies Is there a difference between “course delivery” and “teaching,” or are these equivocal terms? What does it mean to deliver verses to teach? Think about this for a moment in pedagogical terms. Do the following make pedagogical sense? Delivering a learning objective. Delivering a formative assessment. Delivering the ability to compare differing perspectives. Delivering critical thinking. I am not at all convinced that pedagogy is deliverable. Here are examples of what is deliverable in a learning […]

Investing in Your Online Courses

October 2, 2015

Chase Wrenn, a professor in the philosophy department, teaches an online Intro to Deductive Logic course centered on building skills in formal reasoning. He offers the following advice on managing self-paced, asynchronous online courses. What tips do you have for providing effective feedback online? Be prompt and detailed. As an online instructor, there is a lot of asynchronous communication with the students, so it’s important to give students very detailed feedback and err on the side of more, rather than less, detailed feedback. You also […]

Quick Tips for Online Teaching

September 25, 2015

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Allison Hetzel, a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, shares how she manages her online courses and offers tips for connecting with distance learners. How do you reduce anonymity and build community in your online courses? I work to connect with my class as often as possible. I make sure that I am part of the class conversation in discussion and blog posts. I often send group messages to the class with any reminders and updates related to the class. How do […]

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