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Lessons learned: Take 1
Now that I’ve been teaching my online course (DM 529) for about a month, and before I get swamped with the first batch of essays, it’s worth looking back on some lessons that I have already learned....
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Lessons learned, continued…
Picking up from where I left off…. Lesson#4: The faster you (at least) acknowledge e-mails, the better the rapport you have with your students. Until I started to receive unsolicited positive feedback...
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A typical week
Now that I’m into a routine, I’m comfortable describing for potential online instructors the type of workload that you might encounter in a typical week. Monday RMC distance learning courses begin on...
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A question for my readers
Ever since the first discussion in my online course (DM 529), I’ve struggled to find the ultimate way to convey positive feedback to individual students. After well over 10 years of teaching...
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Welcome to online marking
This week has been by far the most intense that I’ve had with the course. In addition to my regular responsibilities, I’ve marked seventeen 2,000-3,000 word papers. I don’t think I know anyone who’s...
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Crisis management
It finally happened. After more than 7 weeks without a significant technological glitch, DNDLearn – the learning management system for my course – went down this past weekend for about 24 hours. What’s...
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Things you need to know as a first-time online instructor
I’ve covered what I initially thought would be the keys to online teaching for first-time instructors in previous posts: get in touch with each student personally right away establish a routine...
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The benefits of teaching online
I’d like to spend the next two posts discussing some of the key differences between my experiences teaching in person and online. I’ll cover the benefits of online teaching this week, and then follow...
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Drawbacks of teaching online
In my last post, I wrote about some of the benefits of teaching online. I’ll spend this post on some of the drawbacks. If you enjoy teaching because it engages your interpersonal communication skills,...
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The end
I’ve finally reached the end of my online course (DM 529) and I’m left not knowing exactly what to think. I’m exhausted, and would be quite happy if I didn’t have to mark again for a very long time....
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