Ten Tips and Best Practices for Developing and Teaching Distance Education As distance education becomes more and more popular, certain strategies, tips, and guidelines have been proven to help instructors begin what can seem like an overwhelming task — creating an online course. We’ve compiled a list of ten best practices and tips that we believe can help save distance education instructors a lot of time when teaching or developing online courses. 1. Be present and actively involved in your course.
Students have said that the best online instructors are the ones that are actively involved with their class. Whether it be multiple times a week or even daily, using communication tools such as the discussion boards or announcements will help make the student feel as if they weren't abandoned. Also, consider “meeting” either by phone or virtual classroom (sign up now for Collaborate 11 training) with your students individually at least once during the term. This gives students the feeling that you care about their learning and will set aside time to work with them individually. Read more tips. | | |
New Distance Education Fee for Winter 2012 term Beginning with registration for the Winter 2012 term, web-based courses will be assessed a distance education fee of $5 per credit hour. For more information, visit the Programs and Courses page.
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