Practices and Helpful Hints for Online Instruction Presented by: Mona Williams and Penny Kenerly

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Practices and Helpful Hints for Online
InstructionPresented by Mona Williams and
Penny Kenerly
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Online Communication

• From the Earl of Email

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Thoughts Regarding Communicating with an Online
Class.
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Email

• Early
• Often
• Be Consistent

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Keep Online Students Informed

• Advisement
• Student Functions
• School Happenings
• Any Item of Interest

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Be Serious About the Class-BUT, Dont Omit FUN!!!
A Home Run.
Take me to your instructor.
Supper?
Elvis has left the building.
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If You Forget Something Like an Attachment!!
Football, ice cream, Honey, wheres the remote?
ice cream. So many choices. Duh! Yep! I forgot it.
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Did You Receive My Work?
Be Patient, Its Here Somewhere!!!

• Let them know you have received their work R R

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Use Sound Judgment and be Patient.
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I Just Wanna Rock n Roll All Night and Party

• No, not that KISS.
• Be thorough and specific, but not too wordy.
• Just the facts mam The Sergeant Joe Friday
  syndrome.

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Communication Is a Two Way Street Theirs and
Yours.
As In Any Activity With Others, the Key is
Communication.
We Expect the Best From Our Students. Students
Should Expect the Best From Us.
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Blackboard and Online Communication

• Delivering Online Instruction Effectively and
  Efficiently
• Blackboard 5 Entry Page

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Helpful Hints for Using Blackboard

• Organization
• Course Syllabus
• Work Ethics
• Course Objectives and Outline
• Course Calendar

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Helpful Hints for Using Blackboard

• Organization
• Assignments
• Assessments

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Helpful Hints for Using Blackboard

• Announcements
• Overview for the Chapter
• Introduce the Work Ethic Trait for the Week
• Use as Secondary E-mail

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Helpful Hints for Using Blackboard

• Discussion Board
• Student Introductions
• Work Ethic Discussion
• Student Questions

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Helpful Hints for Using Outlook With Online
Instruction

• Create Student Folders

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Substantiating Students Work in an Online Class

• Proctored Finals
• Weighted as a percentage of grade on syllabus

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Whos benefiting from best practices and helpful
hints in online instruction?

• Student examples
• JG
• DM
• AW

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Best Practices and Helpful HintsCommunication
and OrganizationThe Keys to Success in Online
Instruction