1. Topics Covered in Preparing to Teach Online, Week-by-Week
Pre-course Activities: Faculty Online Teaching Readiness Quiz; Online Student Orientation
Week 1: Defining Online Learning for Instructors and Students
1.1: Instructor Profiles and Pictures
1.2: Definition of Online Teaching and Learning based on Watwood & Diehl’s "Building from
Content to Community: [Re]Thinking the Transition to Online Teaching and Learning,"; Chickering &
Gamson info.
1.3: Online Learners at Madison College; Madison College online format definitions and
expectations. [Data about retention rates, student locations]
1.4: Role of Online Discussion and discussion techniques.
1.5: Select credit for course options.
Week 2: Designing the Madison College Online Course; How We Differ!
2.1: Online Course Design for Student Support & Engagement: Video, Calendaring, Group Work
Online, Feedback Methods & Frequency
2.2: Rostering Policies and Help Desk Support for Online Instructors
2.3: Structuring success over time: discussions, online feedback, and deadlines
2.4: Online Classroom Design and Quality Standards
2.5: Structuring In Instructor Presence in Course Design While Managing Workload
2.6: Connecting Your Course to College-wide Course Competencies.
Week 3: Motivating Online Learners through Online Facilitation
3.1: Motivation and the Online Learner: Learning Theories for Online Courses
3.2: Syllabus Description and Defining a Variety of Course Organization Strategies
3.3: Course Policies to Motivate Online Student Behavior
3.4: Outline Your Approach Online and Scaffolding of Assignments
Week 4: Legal and Ethical Challenges for Online Instructors
4.1: Complete Online Course Syllabus Project; Build in Policies and School Guidelines
4.2: Defining Copyright Compliance and Fair Use for Digital Materials in an Online Format
4.3: Special Challenges to Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom: Cheating
4.4: Complying with Federal Guidelines (Credit hours, Student Authentication, First & Last Days
of Attendance, Soc. Media) in your Teaching Plan
Week 5: Creating Learning Activities to Maximize Interaction between Student to Content, Student to
Student, and Student to Instructor
5.1: Universal Design in the Online Classroom; Accessibility and Virtual Learning
5.2: Finding and Selecting Learning Activities to Maximize the Online Environment
5.3: Web Writing Skills and Instructions for Online Course Instructors
5.4: Reflective, Creative, and Lecture-based Learning in the Online Classroom
Week 6: Creating an Online Communication Plan for 4 Phases of Contact
6.1: Managing Communication Strategies for Online Teaching Workload
6.2: Retaining Students Who Are At Risk
6.3: Managing One-on-One Student Communication Effectively
6.4: Instructor’s Role in Online Learning and Teaching: Endings and Beginnings
6.5: Balancing the Communication Workload
Week 7&8: Hands-on Course Development: During these 2 weeks students develop module(s) in their
online courses or create facilitation plans for the course they intend to teach. One-to-one Instructor
Guidance.
Created by Martha Schwer, Instructor 608/246-6172, more info at http://bit.ly/1iE1tYt