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Resources to help build a strong foundation for your online courses.

Teaching and Learning Glossary (PDF)

Introduction to Adult Learners (Module)

Teaching Strategies

  • How to Be a Better Online Teacher (Link)
  • Best Practices for Pre-Class Assignments (PDF)
  • Five Minute Teaching: Getting Students to Prepare (PDF) Translation Education Lab, University of North Carolina
  • The Peer Instruction Method (PDF)
  • Best Practices for Reading Assignments (PDF)
  • Best Practices for Online Lectures (PDF)
  • Guided Notes (Link)
  • Digital Story (Link)

Instructional Alignment

  • Five Minute Teaching: Instructional Alignment (PDF).  Translation Education Lab, University of North Carolina.
  • What is Instructional Design? (Video)
  • Assessment and Instructional Alignment Tutorial (Link)

Learning Objectives

  • Defining SMART Objectives (PDF)
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy of Verbs (PDF)

Organization and Structure

  • How Do I Design a Class? Part 1 (Module)
  • How Do I Design a Class? Part 2 (Module)
  • Best Practices for Online Course Structure (PDF)
  • Course Design Document Sample (PDF)
  • Course Design Review Form (PDF)

 

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