Advanced Teaching Online

In the 21st century, half of all learning will be online.  The opportunities are tremendous for teaching online.  Discover how to plan, develop and teach an online course. Take home a ten step model for developing your online course.  Experience one of the most advanced online classrooms for teachers. Learn how to create online audio lectures with slide shows. Plus, find out how self quizzes enhance learning.

See an animation, drop-and-drop exercise, and dynamite welcome pages.  Engage in online discussion with other teachers. An instructor’s book, Advanced Teaching Online, is included.

Technical Requirements: Access to Flash needed for audio and slide presentations

Online, one-week; includes book; William A. Draves and Mary Dereshiwsky, instructors.

$195 individually or $495 for all 3 courses in the Certificate in Online Teaching, or $795 for all 3 courses while becoming a Certified Online Instructor(COI) (Click the link on the leftside for more info)

 

 outlineCourse Outline

 

Unit 1
How the Internet is Changing How We Learn

  • Why you should teach online
  • How we learn today
  • Why cognitive information is delivered better by the Internet
  • The Top 10 reasons why the Internet is better than traditional lectures
  • Why there is more interaction online
  • Learning in-person; what you cannot do on the Internet
  • How the Internet enhances your classroom teaching

Unit 2
Learning Online

  • How learning online is different from classroom learning
  • Why learning online is an important skill
  • How we learn online
  • You will feel differently
  • Not everyone is right for online learning: a quiz to help them find out

Unit 3
Developing Your Online Course

  • What an online classroom looks like
  • Everything you need to know about the technology
  • Who owns the online course?
  • Building online content
  • Creating end results and outcomes
  • Writing text and copy
  • Making audio and video presentations
  • Development time and cost

Unit 4
Teaching Your Online Course

  • You may already have the skills to teach online
  • Facilitating online discussions
  • Responding to student questions and needs
  • Testing, grading and cheating online
  • How much time you should spend online
  • Integrating online work with your classroom meetings

Unit 5
Keys to successful Online Courses

  • Planning for long term success
  • The economics of online learning
  • There are 100,000 niches available
  • Becoming the foremost expert in the world
  • Syndicating and franchising your online course
  • How teaching online enhances your career

Question MarkAbout online learning

Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends.  It’s easy. It’s fun. 

GearsHow the Course Works

It is easy to participate in your online course. After you register, you will be given a web address to go to get into your online classroom.  You will have a password and use your email address and password to gain access.

Once inside the online classroom, here’s what you can expect.

CalendarParticipate when you want

Participants can participate as little or as much as you want.
You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate.
For the best learning, participants should log into the course on 2-3 different times a day, since its a week long course.

ChecklistWhat you will do

For each Unit, you will:

  • Readings are assigned for each day from the textbooks provided at registration.

  • Have the option of accessing the online readings

  • Listen to the audio presentation for the Unit and view the slides
  • Have the option of taking a self-quiz to see how much you have learned
  • Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants

For best learning, you should make one or more comments at 2-3 different times each week.
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead, or go back and review again, at your convenience.

DiscussionDiscussion

The Discussion for each Unit lasts one week. All comments are made in writing and can be made at any time of the day or night.

Your instructor will log into the Discussion area at least once a day and answer questions, make comments, and respond to comments by you and the other participants.

We encourage you to make 2-3 comments each day to maximize your learning and enjoyment of the course.

It’s easy. It’s fun.

Next offering(s):

Advanced Teaching Online
April 16 - 20
August 20 - 24
October 22 - 26

Building Online Learning Communities
March 12 - 16
July 16 - 20

Designing Online Instruction
May 21 - 25
November 5 - 9


$195 individually or $495 for all 3 courses in the Certificate in Online Teaching, or $795 for all 3 courses while becoming a Certified Online Instructor(COI) (Click the link on the leftside for more info)

About Your Instructors

William A. DravesWilliam A. Draves is one of the foremost authorities in the world on teaching online. More than 6,000 faculty and teachers have taken this course. He did his graduate work in education, with an emphasis on adult education, from The George Washington University in Washington DC.

Draves has taught for over thirty years, including teaching at the graduate level. His books include "How to Teach Adults," the most popular book ever written on the subject, and "Energizing the Learning Environment."

He has been interviewed by Wired.com, The New York Times, NPR, NBC Nightly News, Washington Post, Virtual University News, Chronicle of Higher Education and other national media.

Draves is author of the book, "Advanced Teaching Online," which is used as the text book for this course. This course is part of the Certified Online Instructor (COI) designation, the most recognized certification for online teaching in higher education.

Mary DereshiwskyMary Dereshiwsky is an expert in online teaching and creator of the online teaching technique “continuous engagement.”  She is a professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she teaches graduate courses online.  She has taught other instructors how to teach online for more than five years. 

Dereshwisky has also been on the graduate faculty of Capella University, written on the topic of online teaching, and given presentations at national educational conferences on the topic.  She critiques online courses for other instructors and is Chair of the Advisory Board for the Certified Online Instructor (COI) designation for the Learning Resources Network.

Directional ArrowsCourse Objectives

  • To provide participants with an overview and understanding of how teaching online differs from in-person or face-to-face teaching;
  • To provide participants with the practical, how-to knowledge of how to plan, develop and construct an asynchronous teacher-led online course;
  • To provide participants with the knowledge of how to facilitate online discussion, engage online learners, and interact with online learners to enhance their learning;
  • To provide participants with an understanding of how knowledge is constructed and delivered online, and how the three basic elements of content, interaction and assessment relate to each other in creating the best online learning experience;
  • To provide participants with the competence and self confidence to teach effectively online. 

Puzzle PiecesCourse Outcomes

At the end of the course, you will:

  • Get a ten step model and process for the development and teaching of an online course;
  • Be able to plan, develop and teach an online course with the knowledge skills gained from this course;
  • Have seen how a model online classroom functions;
  • Have engaged in sharing new ideas and the latest tips and techniques with other teachers.
Completion Requirements