Estimated time to complete this module: 2 Hours

Word Cloud.png All teachers have their own teaching style based upon their belief in the role they play in the teaching and learning process. Some prefer the efficiency of a didactic approach where content is transmitted by lecture or other written materials. Others might practice a more student centered approach that uses inquiry-based activities, while still others might prefer a more collaborative environment where students interact with each other and the teacher assumes the role of facilitator. Regardless of your teaching philosophy the tools used to deliver instruction can be adapted to suit your preferred teaching modality. In this module we'd like you to reflect on your teaching style and then think about how that might be adapted to take advantage of an online format.

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Objectives

Evaluate your own teaching style and integrate it with digital learning pedagogy.
Plan activities that promote higher order thinking skills.
Identify the unique challenges teaching online presents with regard to time management and working with students virtually.

Assignments

Explore our selected readings on teaching and learning pedagogy as it relates to online and digital learning.
Discuss your teaching philosophy and the challenges you anticipate as you experiment with digital tools.
Submit your ideas using the Discussion: Teaching with Technology forum.
Create a course map that includes your course goals, resources, activities, and media choices for your course. For further details visit the course mapping activity page.
Submit your course map for review using the Course Mapping Activity assignment.
Apply the pedagogy of online education to your culminating activity.
Submit your ideas using the Culminating Activity Goals, Objectives, Media Choice assignment.