Course aims

This short course aims to:

support the development of your pedagogical and social skills needed to tutor online
help you to exploit the potential of the Internet and particularly, of virtual learning environments, in designing your teaching, learning and assessment
help you reflect on and continue to monitor and develop your teaching practice.

By the end of this course you should be able to:

explain the characteristics of online communication and use strategies for communicating effectively in the online environment
be receptive to the social cues from individuals and groups in the online environment
discuss the application of key educational concepts to designing online learning environments
explain the benefits of using online groups to learn and use strategies for building and moderating online discussions
access and use a repertoire of online activities including generating online activities from familiar offline tasks
harness the potential of collaborative writing tools (e.g. Google docs) for online activities