PANEL &amp; ROUNDTABLE: Survival Tips for Teaching Online (90 mins)
Creators: name: Smucny, Darlene
name: Brown, Steve
name: Dodman, Stephanie
name: Johnston, Joyce
name: Moon, Jihye
name: Norden, Luanne
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: As Mason expands our fully-online programs and courses, we (faculty) need to learn about best practices for online teaching, and how to apply these best practices and strategies to our own online teaching in our courses and disciplines. Online teaching takes much time and effort, particularly when teaching online for the first-time or when teaching a new course online. What can we do to better support each other, and particularly support faculty who are new to online teaching? Communal learning, such as mentoring, coaching, and faculty learning communities, all can have positive effects on online teaching development (Wright, 2016), with new &amp; experienced faculty sharing ideas, strategies, practices and experiences in a supportive environment. In this session, we will provide participants with an opportunity for communal learning, by featuring a Mason faculty panel who will share their “online teaching survival tips”, i.e., practical tips, strategies and solutions for a successful online course and online teaching experience. The multidisciplinary panel consists of Mason faculty with a range of online teaching experience, from very experienced to those who have just started teaching online. This session will consist of three components: (1) Q &amp; A Discussion with Mason Faculty Panel; (2) Sharing Digital Teaching Tip Sheets; and (3) Participant Feedback on Future Topics for Digital Teaching Tips. Mason Faculty Panel (communal learning): Panel members will share &amp; discuss their online teaching tips guided by the format of how an online course progresses through the semester, i.e., tips for the start of a course; tips during a course; and tips for wrapping up/ending a course. “Online teaching survival tips” will emphasize strategies for managing time and workload while teaching online. The panel also will address specific questions from the session participants about online teaching strategies. Digital Teaching Tip Sheets (take-away resources): The panel discussion also will be framed by the Digital Teaching Tip Sheets, an ongoing series of handouts created by the Stearns Center- Digital Learning, with quick tips and links to resources for online teaching at Mason. Copies of Digital Teaching Tip Sheets (and links to electronic versions) will be available to participants at the session. Participant Feedback (conclusion &amp; next steps): The session will conclude with panelists and participants discussing topics for additional Digital Teaching Tip Sheets and what other resources are recommended to better support online teaching at Mason. What can Stearns Center-Digital Learning do to support faculty teaching online? And how can online faculty support each other? CITED Wright, M. 2016. Evidence-Based Principles for Online Faculty Development. EDUCAUSE Review® (November 14, 2016). https://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/11/evidence-based-principles-for-online-faculty-development (accessed 2/26/2020).
description: Innovations in Teaching &amp; Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol. 12 (2020): Teaching Towards the Future