Is online teaching right for you?

Teaching in the online environment is different from teaching a traditional face-to-face course, and it may not be the right fit for every topic, faculty member or student! Faculty members must consider carefully when deciding if their course learning objectives could be achieved through online resources and technologies. Faculty members often need to rethink the design of their course and consider a variety of new instructional techniques to enhance student learning. There are great benefits to teaching online but challenges as well.

Teaching online can actually be more intense than a traditional class. This is because the online class is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Online learners are not confined to meeting once or twice per week, but login to the course site to work at their convenience. Most online faculty tend to check course site frequently in order to facilitate online discussions, respond to student questions, make announcements or provide feedback. Engaging with students in the online course site helps to role-model the interaction and responses you expect from students as well.

See some of the readiness documents in the upcoming pages. The Online Learning team is available to discuss needs and propose solutions.

Click "Next" to access documents that address pedagogical and technological readiness for teaching online. Documents will open in Scribd within Canvas, and can also be downloaded as PDFs.

After you have viewed the documents, click "Next" to proceed to a page about whether online learning is right for your students.