UM3D: Instructional Impact Blog
for Designing, Developing, and Delivering Courses
Not too long ago, teaching online meant teaching a course that was in some way available online. But now that the UofM provost’ office has defined different modalities, deciding how to teach online can be as simple as doing what your department has decided collectively is the way to go, or as complicated choosing different…
Adapted from Arthur W. Pickering and Zelda Gamson’s 1987 article “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education”. Emphasize Time on Task Ensure all instructional content, resource materials, learning activities, assignments, and assessments are divided into manageable segments that promote learning. Reasonable completion deadlines should accompany every learning activity which includes appropriate open and close…
Adapted from Arthur W. Pickering and Zelda Gamson’s 1987 article “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education”. Encourage Student-Faculty Communication Establish communication guidelines from the beginning of your online course. Specify what email account you will use for the course, especially if you choose not to use the eCourseware email function, and how frequently…