Figure 3 Lastly let's remind ourselves of the context of online teaching. There is no standard model for online courses, nor is there a single teaching methodology that works best when teaching online. Students vary in where and when they work on their online courses. Thus, both the teaching and studying environments change. Additionally, features can be built into online instruction to minimize the possibilities of discrimination by virtue of the professor not responding to the unique needs of some groups of learners.
Communication becomes central to instruction but in the form of electronic communications .
For those who have not experienced instruction it is hard to envision how these differences operationalize into a meaningful teaching learning experience. You have been in this course long enough to have an opinion of how online instruction alters what you might normally do in a traditional course. You are also developing some opinions on how effective this mode of instruction is for you personally. A Day in the Life of an Onlife Professor What you probably have not experienced is the development or teaching element of online instruction. We will talk a little about development in Unit 3 regarding intellectual property, but let s give some attention to the teaching process.