#1: Organize, Organize, Organize!

• Recognize the key differences between face-to-face and online class time

• Map our your course schedule in as much detail as you can

• Locate course materials in obvious places

• Be timely about changes to the course • Keep good records of class time &

student issue

#2: Expect Tech Failz

• Not if, when.• Be realistic about your students’ (and

your own) tech literacy• Let students occupy tech expert roles• Always have a back-up plan• Read Dickie Selfe’s article “Techno-

Pedagogical Explorations: Toward Sustainable Technology-Rich Instruction”

#3: Create Transparency

• Keep your assignments simple and clear, because you will be explaining them frequently

• Make pedagogical goals and techniques apparent to students

• Let students take a role in the composition of your course

• Explore and discuss any remarkable classroom situations that come up

#4: Create Community

• Put faces to names ASAP• Exploit face-to-face time • Create/modify a CMS that works for

your students• Upgrade student conferences • Get social (media)• Be (somewhat) inescapable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vLhjILSyRo&feature=related

#5: Be A [Post]human Being

• Understand your teaching persona and how it changes in different spaces

• Recognize the affordances of your image, voice, and your physical body

• Solicit regular student feedback

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