Award-Winning Faculty Online Teaching Practices: Course Design, Assessment, and Facilitation

• In Event: 15.045 - Assessment, Learning Readiness, and Online Learning and Teaching Practices

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the course design, assessment design and facilitation practices from the perspectives of award-winning online faculty. We interviewed eight award-winning online faculty members from across the United States. Based on interviews, it was found that online instructors use a systematic design process, backwards design, modular design, meeting learner needs, using a course template during the design process. Faculty assessed student learning using quizzes, discussion forums, exams, final papers, position papers, final projects (text-based or multimedia), peer assessments, self-assessments, and reflection. Timely response and feedback, availability and presence and communication and interaction were some facilitation strategies the award-winning instructors used.

Authors

• Florence Martin, Univ of North Carolina Charlotte

• Swapna Kumar, University of Florida

• Kiran Budhrani, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt, University of Florida