10 Essential Principles and Practices

The teaching suggestions in this guide are not revolutionary. Once you read them, they’ll probably seem like common sense. But that’s just the point.

Professors often fail to make the connection between what we do in a physical classroom and what we do online. This guide aims to make that connection explicit — to help you think about what you do well in person so that you can do those things in your online classes, too. If you already employ some of these practices, the intent here is to help you think more comprehensively about what else you can do to be an excellent online teacher.

1. Show Up to Class

2. Be Yourself

3. Put Yourself in Their Shoes

4. Organize Course Content Intuitively

5. Add Visual Appeal

6. Explain Your Expectations

7. Scaffold Learning Activities

8. Provide Examples

9. Make Class an Inviting, Pleasant Place to Be

10. Commit to Continuous Improvement

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