Online Teacher ― Online Course

Here I'll tell you some information that I've read from some sources. It's about the using of ICT in teaching and learning process. As in the 21st century, everything has grown. The ways teachers teach their students are not focusing only with read books, explaining the materials on the chalkboard or whiteboard. But here, in the 21st century, we teach them using ICT. What is the justification of having computers, laptop or other gadgets, if we don't use it in our daily life, right?
So, in this topic, I will talk about Online Course. So the teacher here as an online teacher.



Online courses create an excellent environment for a learning community. As stated in a report by the Higher Education and Policy Council of the American Federation of Teachers Distance Education: Guidelines for Good Practice (2000), “Course design should be shaped to the potentials of the medium”.
As the title implies, we explored seventeen essential elements that contribute to a successful online course administration. These elements are distributed among the three major phases of an online course: preparation, design, and teaching.

Prepare for your online course

1. Prepare to teach online.
2. Build a course outline.
3. Create a course schedule with clear deadlines.
4. Plan for ongoing quality assurance.
5. Ensure support from your administration.
6. Provide technical support.

Design your online course

1. Format your course so that students can focus on the content.
2. Design a learning community that is collaborative, engaging and inclusive.
3. Find and use appropriate course materials and resources.
4. Develop rich, relevant learning activities to support your learning objectives.
5. Include a balanced mixture of individual and group learning activities.
6. Recognize that pacing in an online course is different.
7. Provide equal accessibility to all students.

Teach your online course

1. Provide a comprehensive set of informational materials.
2. Facilitate discussions in a way that keeps students on-task, promotes full participation, and encourages peer collaboration.
3. Engage with your students without over-engaging.
4. Assess student work and provide feedback.

 Example:

The teachers may also moot about many things, especially about their studies.
For example, when I was in senior high school, our class made a group on Facebook. There the tutors may post new studies, new information about the class, even about a new word or new idiom that the tutors just got. It's really helpful for the students to engage anytime they want. Just need a connection to the internet, and it'll make them engage. Students nowadays want to engage as much as possible, right? So, this is one of many effective example to use in our class.


Thanks to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and myself :D