One of the most common areas of complaint with online teaching and learning during the pandemic was insufficient engagement with teaching and tutoring staff, and an expectation of greater interaction with individual students. Many students missed the informal interaction before or after lectures and tutorials that occurred when studying face-to-face.
Preparation and management
- Australian Skills Quality Authority guidance to the vocational education training (VET) sector on distance delivery (information hub)
- Curated resources for educators (information hub)
- Engineering Institute of Technology: Education and training using a synchronous (and asynchronous) online learning platform (information hub)
- National guidelines for improving student outcomes in online learning (guide)
Teaching approaches
- How to ensure success in online learning programs (webinar)
- Supporting students in an online environment
- Your content is online, what's next? (a series of tips from Dr Dawn Gilmore, Director of Teaching and Learning, RMIT Online):
- Tip #1: Start by telling your students how you’ll be interacting with them
- Tip #2: Tell students about their first webinar
- Tip #3: Establish your discussion board presence
- Tip #4: Facilitate an engaging webinar
- Tip #5: Email students who aren’t logging into the LMS
- Tip #6: Encourage your students to prepare for the first assessment
- Tip #7: Build feedback loops into your online teaching practice
- Tip #8: Challenge your assumptions about student participation
- Tip #9: Don’t forget to have a bit of fun
- Tip #10: It's ok to lean on Google and YouTube
- Tip #11: Celebrate your students’ achievements
- Tip #12: Show your students how to look beyond the classroom
- Tip #13: At the end of the semester, say goodbye to your students
- Tip #14: Reflect on your approach to teaching
- TEQSA and RMIT webinar series: Going online: R(e)imagining teaching and learning (webinar)
- The 10 fundamentals of teaching online for faculty and instructors (guide)
Providing effective online feedback
- ASCLITE Technology-Enhanced Learning Accreditation Standards (guide)
- Effective feedback in digital learning environments (discussion paper)
Hybrid learning
- A new pedagogy is emerging...and online learning is a key contributing factor (article)
- How to use the HyFlex method to teach online and in person at the same time (webinar)
- UNSW guidelines for accessible blended and online courses (guide)
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