Steps toward excellence: Aligning materials and tools
Step 4 in getting better at online teaching is also about alignment -- this time of our tools and materials.
Teaching
Steps toward excellence: Connecting objectives and assessments with activity
Step 3 in taking steps toward excellence in online teaching is connecting clear, measurable learning objectives to assessments through active student work.
Steps toward excellence: Making sure you assess the right things
Step 2 of getting good at online teaching: Aligning assessments with learning objectives, and grading systems with assessments.
Steps toward excellence: The power of learning objectives
The first step toward excellence in online teaching isn't technological but structural, in the form of clear and measurable learning objectives.
What we need for the Second Iteration
Next semester, we need to move from adequacy to excellence in our online teaching. We'll need three things to make that work.