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Innovative Tips and Technology Tools for Effective Online Teaching

Discover essential tips and technology tools designed to enhance online teaching effectiveness. This guide emphasizes the importance of understanding students' needs, promoting interactivity, and utilizing a variety of instructional methods. From online readiness surveys to maintaining consistent communication and feedback, the strategies outlined here aim to create an engaging learning environment. Educators are encouraged to prioritize student empathy, implement effective learning materials, and embrace innovative tools to foster meaningful connections.

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Innovative Tips and Technology Tools for Effective Online Teaching

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  1. Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers. Lynn A. Null Child Development Program Director/ Instructor Western Oklahoma State College lynn.null@wosc.edu

  2. Course Outcomes Guide (COG): What do you want the students to know and be able to do when they leave your course? • List teaching tools you use for each course. • Use a variety of instructional methods. Planning With Purpose

  3. Online Readiness Survey • Have empathy for students having challenges with technology • Online orientation • Interactivity is the heart and soul of effective online learning. Are Your Students Ready for Online Learning?

  4. Get to know your students. Students are our number one priority!! • Respond to questions promptly • Send weekly reminders for those students who are MIA • Place phone calls to students who are not participating • Be available for students • Provide on going regular feedback. Grade assignments on a regular basis. • Small amounts of information- chunking Learning is More Important than Technology

  5. What does a course actually look like? Resources that can be added to an online course? • Videos • Examples • Activities • Lectures • Calendar • Assignments • Introduction Activities • Course Audio • VoiceThread • Jeopardy • Syllabus • Readings • Discussion Topics • PowerPoint • Lifesaver/Panic button! • Linking to Resources • Dimdim Web Meeting • Avatar Methodology

  6. The best exercise for the brain is exercise. • The brain is pattern seeking and survival oriented. • Connections on the outside with others build neural connections on the inside. • The brain functions optimally when the student feels safe. Conscious Discipline Dr. Becky Bailey Brain Smart Principles

  7. Warm Up/ Introduction Activity • Develop Classroom Guidelines (Confidentiality, Go Out on a Limb, Suspend Certainty) • Songs to Connect • Greetings • Jobs (Assign jobs for each student) • Ways To Be Helpful • Celebration!! • We Care • Journals • Friends and Family Board Creating a Learning Environment

  8. Dream!! If you could do anything you want in your course, what would that be? • This is where the Instructional Designer comes in real handy. • KISS- Keep it simple silly Be consistent throughout the course. The Power of Vision

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