Instructor workload depends on the type of course and tasks accomplished when teaching online. In this episode, Simone Conceição and Rosemary Lehman provide strategies for managing tasks and prioritizing time while teaching online. They offer a template for instructor to identify tasks and time spent on the online course.
Based on the book, Managing Online Instructor Workload: Strategies for Finding Balance and Success.
Instructor workload depends on the types of tasks accomplished when teaching online. Identifying these tasks allows instructors to plan, prioritize, and manage their workload. These tasks are carried out before, during, and at the end of a course. In this episode, Simone Conceição and Rosemary Lehman share four types of tasks to consider when managing workload while teaching online: (1) design, (2) administrative, and (3) facilitative, and (4) evaluative.
Based on the book, Managing Online Instructor Workload: Strategies for Finding Balance and Success.
The view that instructors can take their face-to-face courses and
transfer them to the online environment can be misleading. Designing,
delivering, and evaluating online instruction demands a distinctive type
of management when compared to face-to-face instruction. In this
episode, Simone Conceição and Rosemary Lehman share four strategies for
managing workload while teaching online: (1) design strategies, (2)
support strategies, and (3) teaching strategies, (4) time allocation
strategies.
Based on the book, Managing Online Instructor Workload: Strategies for Finding Balance and Success.
A network of support that includes instructors, family, and friends; the
institutional support systems; and personal self-care support can
impact student success in the online environment. In this episode,
Rosemary Lehman and Simone Conceição share three support strategies for
retaining online students: (1) instructional strategies, (2)
institutional strategies, and (3) self-care strategies.
Based on the book, Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-Based Strategies That Work.
This episode focuses on design strategies to retain online students. In
this episode, Rosemary Lehman and Simone Conceição offer a few tips on
how to create an engaging online course. These tips relate to three
design elements that require preplanning: (1) creating the learning
environment, (2) planning for the teaching process, and (3) predicting
learners’ needs.
Based on the book, Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-Based Strategies That Work.
