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marshallduke

Got Time? A Time Management Strategy for Online Instructors | Online Learning Insights - 3 views

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      This seems to be common. It's like that old line, "Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" Not counting one year's prep time seems to be cheating in many ways.
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      There is a lot of disagreement in the literature about whether online teaching takes more or less time. Some studies, such as this one, say it takes less. Some say it takes a lot more. Some claim no difference. The study that we read for M2 (Van de Vord & Pogue) reviewed the range of these. (Their study was a disaster in my humble opinion, by the way.) My impression is that the methodologies are very poor and that the controversy will continue until methodological issues are ironed out.
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  • yet the consensus among the research suggests that teaching online involves less of a time commitment from the course instructor than does a face-to-face class
  • did not include curriculum development time, set-up or development of course home page,
  • A time management strategy that considers the factors and nuances of teaching online should include, a time blocking strategy, communicating frequently with students collectively in anticipation of potential questions, involving students in peer reviews and discussions, and creating an efficient grading strategy.
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    I found this article to be very helpful in providing a sense that it will be possible to control time use when teaching on line. It gives great tips on how to overcome the feeling that online teaching will be a 24/7 class rather than one that meets TTh 10-11:15 in White Hall 208! I like this one a lot.
David Jenkins

The Centrailty of the Syllabus for Time Management (and the joys of having a right side... - 1 views

https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/teachingonline/before.html http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415997263/pdf/Teaching_Online_Ch_5.pdf These two articles address the significance of th...

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started by David Jenkins on 04 Jul 14 no follow-up yet
imeldareyes

Be Efficient, Not Busy: Time Management Strategies for Online Teaching - Faculty Focus ... - 3 views

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    Online teaching redefines the faculty member's schedule. The feeling of being a 24/7 professor can lead to frustration. Managing one's time as an online teacher can be a challenge. As the popularity of online education continues to grow, teaching faculty need to develop effective time management behaviors to be efficient and not just busy.
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    Thank you for sharing this! I find the tips all very useful. As one example, I am going to give the students a syllabus quiz, for sure. When I took the Zaption quiz Leah prepared during M1, I was a bit surprised by how much information my brain did not retain reading through the course guidelines. The quiz was obviously helpful.
Phyllis Wright

168 Hours: You have more time than you think - 0 views

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    Time management is a HUGE issue for me. This is a good summer read and self analysis of how I really do use my time. Keeping a calendar for one week is so insightful.
patrick_cafferty

Tips on Time Management and Writing E-mails - 3 views

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    This is a brief article aimed at University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate students offering time management and email writing tips. I chose this article both because I find the general time management tips helpful for everyone and I feel that many of my students would benefit from similar suggestions/guidelines when communicating professionally online. I especially enjoyed the line reminding students, "that many faculty view an e-mail message as a letter that was delivered quickly rather than a quick conversation."
jcoconn

The Application of Universal Instructional Design to ESL Teaching - 1 views

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    Universal Design in the ESL classroom
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    I like this list, Jane, though I feel the author Kregg Strehorn could have elaborated on some of the suggestions to explain more clearly what is meant and what a particular method entails. Maybe there was a strict word limit to which Strehorn had to adhere. In any case, some of the ideas are very interesting but also seem to be very time-consuming and potentially confusing. Don't get me wrong, I think it's wonderful that Stehorn reads and records some of the texts they are using in the class, reads and records and transcribes lectures, gives students different assignment choices, writes detailed class outlines and shares them with students, etc. All of these ideas make sense to me, but how do you have time as a teacher (and in my/our case instructor and full-time staff member) to do all that, unless you teach the same course over and over again? I am a great supporter and believer in universal design; plus, online classes in particular are, almost by nature, using a range of tools, thus serving students with different needs. Yet, Strehorn should discuss the amount of work involved in creating this course and should also address students' responses to this course as well as potential pitfalls in terms of student assessment. Perhaps Strehorn has done so in a different place.
dseeman

Creating an Effective Online Syllabus - 6 views

This is an extremely helpful chapter. I intend to use it carefully next week while designing a draft syllabus. I tend to leave spaces open in my traditional syllabus for readings that may be added ...

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sheilatefft

Where Has the Time Gone? Faculty Activities and Time Commitments in the Online Classroom, - 1 views

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    This study of 80 faculty breaks out how they spend their time while teaching online.
Rati Jani

Teaching Online - A Time Comparison - 1 views

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    In brief, the study shows that yes online teaching is time consuming but NOT because of the technology involved but because it is a great time investment to interact with all students. Again brings me back to my point that YES online teaching helps to 'individualize/personalize' the student learning process. Therefore, requires greater inputs and personalize mentoring than a traditional classroom engagement.
annmassey

The Flipped Classroom: A Course Redesign to Foster Learning... : Academic Medicine - 1 views

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    McLaughlin, Jacqueline E. PhD, MS; Roth, Mary T. PharmD, MHS; Glatt, Dylan M.; Gharkholonarehe, Nastaran PharmD; Davidson, Christopher A. ME; Griffin, LaToya M. PhD; Esserman, Denise A. PhD; Mumper, Russell J. PhD In recent years, colleges and universities in the United States have faced considerable scrutiny for their apparent failure to adequately educate students.
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    I read this article and found it to be enormously interesting and enlightening. The course coordinator was a seasoned veteran; there were numerous resources dedicated to this venture (full time graduate TAs, dedicated IT personnel) and yet the authors report that the coordinator still required 127% more time to prepare the online components of this course. I also noticed that many of the active learning strategies discussed (think-pair-share, as an example) are things that could easily be incorporated into a non-flipped classroom.
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    One idea came to mind as I read the article about offloading lecture material for students so that synchronous class time can be used for discussion and problem solving: the use of case studies. Public health, business, and development work often relies on group engagement in response to case studies. The background could be presented, along with vital tools for assessing and analyzing the situation, then on-line classes could be used for rich discussion of the range of solutions and opportunities. I'm thinking of a model of a traditional pilgrimage in which pilgrims keep coming together in larger numbers the closer they get to their destination.
murasimo

Time Management Strategies for Online Teaching - 1 views

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    This article gives 6 practical tips to manage your time when teaching online
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    Thanks for sharing this, Simona. Skimming the article you highlighted and a few of the others in the journal, I noticed that some of the themes and suggestions were similar to the ones in the texts assigned by Leah (manage the students and their interactions actively and constantly/consistently, be empathic and explicit); I also appreciate the user-friendliness of these articles, as they include plenty of bullet-points for the busy reader ... Finally, I like that this journal is indeed international, including views on online teaching from around the world. Would be great if we could learn more about how online education functions elsewhere.
Yu Li

Myths and Realities of Teaching Online | LAS OnLine | University of Illinois - 1 views

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    This article seems a good (and brief) overview of issues we may encounter transitioning from face-to-face to online teaching. It is not limited to the question of workload, but it does report that online teaching takes up to 40% more time.
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    The 40% is for first time, and should decrease when we teach again.
edphillips

Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives [Ki... - 0 views

This book is a few years old, but I read it last week for the first time. I agree with original NYTimes reviewer, who says the arguments of ths book seems both obvious and novel at the same time....

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started by edphillips on 21 Jul 14 no follow-up yet
Leah Chuchran

Exploring Online Teaching: A Three-Year Composite Journal of Concerns and Strategies fr... - 1 views

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    Using Fuller's concerns-based model for teacher development, this study identifies concerns and strategies experienced by 103 online instructors in a six-week online professional development course offered multiple times over a three-year period. The study reveals that online instructors identified concerns related to self, task, and impact. (VIP: Includes PRACTICAL ideas that can be implemented)
Ian McFarland

A Few Common Misconceptions About Distance Learning - 2 views

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    from the 2005 ASCUE (Association Supporting Computer Users in Education) Conference. I thought this was particularly good with respect to issues of the time demands an online course places on instructors (especially in terms of development and roll-out), as well as on students.
Steve Ellwood

The Trouble With Online Education - 0 views

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    Opinion Piece in the New York Times Online education is a one-size-fits-all endeavor. It tends to be a monologue and not a real dialogue. The Internet teacher, even one who responds to students via e-mail, can never have the immediacy of contact that the teacher on the scene can, with his sensitivity to unspoken moods and enthusiasms. This is particularly true of online courses for which the lectures are already filmed and in the can. It doesn't matter who is sitting out there on the Internet watching; the course is what it is.
Hope Bussenius

Changing Course:Ten years of tracking online education in the United States - 0 views

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    Here is the very large report following ten years of studying online education. I think it probably has been or will be cited in other postings in this bibliography, but I thought it would be good to post the whole thing here. It's is very comprehensive but also easy to access. Enjoy!
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    Tenth annual report on the status of online learning in U.S. higher education. The survey is based on the response from more than 2,800 colleges and universities and addresses the status of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the increasing importance of a long-term teaching strategy, ther percentage of students learning online, does it take more time and effort for faculty, is online comparable to F2F learning, faculty acceptance to online learning, and barriers to the adoption of online learning.
jcoconn

Curtis, D. D., & Lawson, M. J. (2001). Exploring collaborative online learning. Journal... - 0 views

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    Curtis and Lawson (2001) looked for "evidence of good quality interactions among students who are not present in the one physical site from data obtained from students' online exchanges" (p. 21). They focused on the "depth of on-task activity" (p. 21) in an asynchronous situation, which they argue is the most common form of online courses, of a small collaborative learning group. They found that "the analysis of participants' postings reveals many of the behaviors associated with collaborative learning in face-to face situations" (p. 29). However, "the students spontaneously demonstrated a need also to use synchronous communication" (p. 24). Some did this via text or email, often when they did not agree with another student and some organized synchronous chat sessions. This shows that "there is a need to incorporate among the asynchronous interactions…opportunities for real-time interactions among students" (p. 29).
Leah Chuchran

Faculty Focus: 11 Strategies for Managing Online Courses - 8 views

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    Comprehensive. Several individual topics covering course management to syllabus design. I couldn't find a date of publication, however. The website facultyfocus.com has other good blog posts.
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    Peggy, this was a great find. I thoroughly enjoyed reading these tidbits and tips. Thanks so much. The get acquainted idea and cultural diversity ideas were wonderful.
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    This is a great resource... I really liked the different ideas about how to organize the course.
Susan Tamasi

Teaching online courses in linguistics - 0 views

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    Not surprising (to me), there are very few studies of online teaching in Linguistics. The authors of this article state that they found only one prior to this 2014 publication. Similar to other research on online teaching in general, they found that time management, communication, and detailed instructions are crucial for a successful course. They also discuss how attitudes toward technology play a significant role in course success.
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