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Effective Design and Organization of Online Classes - Tips from Dr. Amjad Ali
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Effective Design and Organization of Online Classes - Tips from Dr.
Amjad Ali
Amjad Ali
Graduate School of Management and Technology
Published: 0 2003
Category: » Online-pedagogy » Teaching-strategies
Dr. Amjad Ali joined University of Maryland University College (UMUC) as an
adjunct faculty member in August 2000. He was soon named as the Director
of the Technology Management Program in the Graduate School. In addition,
he manages the new Project Management speciality track. He has consistently
received excellent ratings (>4.30) in student evaluations and has achieved
the highest rating (4.53) in student evaluations in the entire department
during Fall 2002 semester. In his role as program director, Dr. Ali provides
guidance to adjunct faculty members on effective design, organization, and
online teaching pedagogy.
He suggests the following strategies for new faculty members to successfully
deliver an online course:
Posting a "Read Me First" file under the course content area can provide a "road map" to help
students locate course material and activities. This single document can help students keep track of the
due dates and location of assignments as well as provides easy access to WebTycho technical support
-- information that some other faculty members may prefer to leave in the syllabus.
1.
Dr. Ali emphasizes that class announcements should be regularly updated, at least once a week.
Every update should be properly dated and previous updates should not be deleted as the semester
proceeds. He suggests that the most recent announcement should always be posted above the previous
ones. The announcements should be kept brief and to the point. This will allow students to keep track
of course activities on a weekly basis, plus it provides periodic updates on the progression of the
course.
The example below is snap shot of Dr. Ali's class announcement area.
2.
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Syllabus: Dr. Ali suggests that all applicable areas of the Syllabus be completed and made available
for students to read. He says that the areas that are not applicable to your course should be hidden
from the students' view. (how to hide a syllabus item (http://tychousa9.umuc.edu/wtdocs/wthelp
/html/syllabusfac.html) ). This will eliminate confusion in the classroom and allows students to find the
needed information more efficiently and easily.
3.
Modules/lecturettes/lecture notes should be posted under the course content area, according to Dr. Ali.
The modules should be made available on a weekly basis. In addition to weekly modules, Dr. Ali
provides feedback on all assignments under the course content area. This keeps students engaged in
course activities on a weely basis.
4.
Conference area in Dr. Ali's courses is used for discussion purposes. Dr. Ali creates a "café"
conference for students to post course-related administrative questions and discuss issues. He also
organizes his conferences into weekly sessions, each one clearly indicated with session dates as part of
the title. After the deadline of a conference passes, he closes that conference by providing his feedback
and closing comments.
The example below a snapshot of Dr. Ali's conference area.
It's very important that faculty "leave tracks" in the conference, he says, by providing brief and
encouraging comments on a daily basis to keep the discussion alive. Dr. Ali has found this presence
very helpful in achieving high ratings in student evaluations. Another tip from Dr. Ali is to use the
conference area to seek mid-course feedback from students and know their final thoughts about the
course and the instructor.
5.
Dr. Ali strongly recommends that 6. faculty members use the WebTycho classroom as the prime mode
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for delivering and communicating course content. The use of e-mail for responding to students'
questions of an individual nature is fine, however, he strongly believes that WebTycho provides an
excellent platform for responding to course-wide questions of generic nature. This enables students to
benefit from each other's experience as in the face-to-face class environment.
In Dr. Ali's classes the Gradebook area is effectively used to collect all assignments. He creates folders
for each assignment in order for students to submit their documents. He uses "Gradebook" area for
providing feedback and to calculate students' overall grade. This provides a complete record of a
student's performance and allows the student to keep track of grades and to see progress at a glance.
This discourages e-mail submissions of assignments and significantly facilitates management of
students' work.
7.
Dr. Ali recommends that faculty refrain from participating in the WebTycho chat feature during their
first semester. It is often difficult for many students to participate because they are in different
geographic regions and time zones or simply because of their personal schedules. In sessions which
involve the instructor, it is easy for students to feel at a disadvantage if they cannot, for whatever
reason, participate. The ability to effectively use the chat without alienating those who cannot
participate comes with experience, finds Dr. Ali.
8.
In summary, he believes that the key to success in the online teaching arena is to keep the course
design simple, consistent, predictable, and user friendly where students can easily find study material
and follow course-related activities. Responsiveness and keeping the discussion alive are also
important aspects of successful online teaching.
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