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Teaching Online for Beginners
A plain starting guide to teaching remote learners: how to plan a lesson, deliver it clearly, check understanding and support people who get stuck.
Online Learning
Teaching Online
Planning and delivering lessons to remote learners.
Captions and Transcripts for Course Videos
Why text versions of course audio help many learners, what the difference between captions and transcripts is, and what good captions should include.
Cohort-Based and Self-Paced Courses Compared
How group schedules and learning at your own pace differ in interaction, flexibility, cost and workload, from both the teacher's and the learner's point of view.
Course Pricing Considerations for Creators
Factors to think through when deciding whether and how to charge for an online course, from your costs and learners to refunds, with no revenue promises.
Giving Useful Feedback to Online Learners
How to write feedback that is specific, kind and timely for remote learners, and how to keep the workload of giving comments manageable for teachers.
Live Sessions or Recorded Lessons
A fair comparison of real-time classes and recorded lessons for online teaching, covering interaction, flexibility, effort for teachers and when to combine both.
Recording Clear Lesson Videos
Practical advice on scripting, pacing, audio quality and length so that instructional videos are easy for learners to follow, without needing special equipment.
Supporting Learners Who Have Questions
How to set up question channels, realistic response times and an FAQ so online learners do not stay stuck, while keeping the support load manageable.
Updating and Improving a Course Over Time
How to use learner input, simple data and a review schedule to keep an online course accurate and current without rebuilding it from scratch every time.
Writing Learning Objectives for a Course
How to turn a list of topics into clear, observable learning outcomes that guide lesson design and assessment, with examples of weak and stronger wording.
Writing Online Quizzes and Assessments
Question styles, fair wording and ways to use quizzes to support learning, not only to grade, including how to review results and reduce cheating pressure.
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