Paul Huckett

Establish an Online Presence

Online Teaching Strategies Module 2

• Implement effective strategies to establish an online presence.

• Assess tools that can help facilitate effective techniques of establishing an online presence.

• Discuss effective pedagogical methods of establishing a presence in a face-to-face class and describe how these techniques can be implemented in an online environment.

Learning Objectives

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1. Welcome Email

2. Instructor Bio images

3. Multimedia introduction to Module

4. Regular synchronous office hours.

5. Personalized language

Five Effective Strategies

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“Hello”

Prepared

Looking forward to engaging with students

Alleviate student concerns

Welcome Email

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Welcome Email

How to log in to course

Help Desk assistance

Previous courses

Technical assistance

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Welcome Email

Who you are

Get acquainted

What to expect

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Instructor Bio Images

“An image can speak a thousand words” 7

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Instructor Bio Images

Multimedia introduction to Module

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Podcasts and/or Video

Face-to-Face Online

Easy to do Reaching all learners Connected to students

Vs.

Multimedia introduction to Module

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Regular synchronous office hours

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Live interaction and collaboration

Clarification on assessments

Answer general questions

Question: When teaching face-to-face, how many students stayed after the class was over to ask questions?

Personalized language

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Example 1

Example 2

1. Welcome Email

2. Instructor Bio images

3. Multimedia introduction to Module

4. Regular synchronous office hours.

5. Personalized language

Summary

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Five Effective Strategies:

Ko. S. & Rossen S. (2010). Teaching online: A practical guide (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. Palloff, R. M. (20112011). The excellent online Instructor: strategies for professional development. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Lehman, R. M., & Conceição, S. C. (2010). Creating a sense of presence in online teaching: how to "be there" for distance learners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

References

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