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Top 8 Reasons to Teach Online

Discover the numerous benefits of teaching online, such as creating a more intimate learning environment, enhanced communication, richer learning experiences, collaborative learning opportunities, increased feedback and revisions, more time on task, improved information literacy, and meeting student expectations.

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Top 8 Reasons to Teach Online

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  1. Top 8 Reasons to Teach Online

  2. Reason # 1 Online teaching is more intimate The cornerstone of distance education: M.G. Moore’s distance theory Distance in teaching is determined by pedagogy, not the amount of physical separation. Moore, M.G. (1989). Three types of interaction. The American Journal of Distance Education, 3 (2), 1-6.

  3. Reason # 2 Higher level of communication Amount : Two minutes per student (in a 50-minute MWF class of 25) vs. No time limit online Quality : Students online respond because they’ve done the work, not because it’s 10:00 on Wednesday. Opportunity : No dominant students, no time limits to compose thoughts

  4. Reason # 3 • Richer learning environment • No budget restraints • Multiple learning modes • Multiple senses • Multiple cultures

  5. Reason # 4 • More feedback, more revisions, higher expectations • A combination of electronic productivity tools (word processing, email, web) allows: • Nearly instant feedback • From multiple sources • More sources

  6. Reason # 5 • Collaborative Learning • Electronic Peer Reviews • Web-based Learning Teams • The Power of Collaboration • A Career Necessity

  7. Reason # 6 More time on task And the research says: The more time spent focused on course-related work, the more and better students learn. Emails + Web Posts + Asynchronous Discussions Writing + Reading + Class + Chats

  8. Reason # 7 Information literacy The ability to find, select, manipulate, modify, and distribute information A shared responsibility

  9. Reason # 8 To meet student expectations “I wish my teacher used a computer.” Armstrong freshman, September 24, 2004

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