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Now getting old - the readiness survey is no longer there... Is online teaching for me? Transitioning to online teaching Planning to teach online - things to think about Getting started Preparing an online course Teaching an online course

"Many institutions use a one-size-fits-all approach to faculty development for online teaching, which does not meet the needs of faculty who often have different levels of expe- rience, skill, and self-efficacy in online teaching and learning. To address these issues, the [university name removed] [center name removed] designed and implemented an online teaching readiness self-assessment."

This paper includes the definition for a model for the assessment of the quality of on-line teaching based on an audit by specialised technical personnel who are independent of the design of the teaching materials and which could be a proposal for the higher education quality assurance models of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).

This about high-enrollment courses, but there are many ideas to consider for teaching any online course. Abstract: "Class size has been a popular topic for decades. There is renewed interest in this topic now with the growth of online learning. Online courses can accommodate hundreds, if not thousands, of students in a single course. Very little research, though, has been conducted recently on class size in online courses and the research that has been conducted is mixed. As the demand for online courses increases, so likely will class size. In this exploratory study, we investigated the perceptions and experiences of 37 faculty teaching high-enrollment online courses. In the following article, we report the results of our inquiry, implications for practice, and areas for additional research."

Use the search box and look for things like "online teaching best practices" or "online teaching quality guidelines"

From Georgia Virtual Learning: "The Effective Online Teaching course content is free for all learners. Learners are prompted throughout the course to complete blog postings to document learning and artifacts. This allows learners to share their work within their professional learning community or with their professional learning leader or coach. Participants may also enroll in verification for the Effective Online Teaching course."

"Teaching online but you don't want to be on camera? You have several off-camera options for teaching online. Check out the whole series!"

"What an educator with experience teaching online has learned about structuring students' online and offline experiences and how to provide feedback to keep the learning going."

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Meaningful learner interaction is critical to developing second language skills.... What are some tasks that facilitate interaction and build learner community when teaching and learning online?

Many aspects of teaching online discussed in these hour-long webinars