Managing the Online Teaching Workload
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The 2016 Faculty Summer Institute focuses on managing the online teaching workload, providing strategies to enhance efficiency and save time in online education. Key points include designing courses thoughtfully, managing time effectively while teaching, and optimizing grading practices. The presentation also offers various resources for further guidance on workload management and time management strategies for online instructors.
Managing the Online Teaching Workload
- 1. Faculty Summer Institute 2016 Managing the Online Teaching Workload Slides available at j.mp/fsi16-onlineworkload EternalClockbyRobbertvanderSteeg
- 2. Presenter Assistant Director Faculty Development & Instructional Design Center Northern Illinois University srichter@niu.edu @slrichter Stephanie Richter Slides available at j.mp/fsi16-onlineworkload
- 3. Objectives You will be able to identify strategies to: • Keep up with an “always on” course • Save time and increase efficiency when teaching online
- 4. Apologies… Some tips are specific to Blackboard, but similar tools exist in most LMS’s
- 7. Use existing learning resources
- 8. Organize your files on your computer Course Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Announcement Reading 1 Reading 2 Assignment Project
- 10. Finalize one module first 1 2 3 4 5 8 6 7
- 11. Use a consistent template
- 13. Course Delivery
- 14. Help students get started
- 15. Use a syllabus quiz
- 16. Order folders in reverse Oldest Newest
- 17. Use due dates and the calendar
- 21. Create & subscribe to a Q&A forum
- 22. Use the Retention Center
- 23. Grading
- 24. Pace your grading Leave gaps Alternate hard & easy grading
- 25. Grade with Blackboard Interactive Rubrics Reinforces your expectation Provides quick feedback Personalized and very specific
- 26. Grade with Blackboard Interactive Rubrics
- 27. Enable grading for discussion forums
- 28. Use embedded annotation tools
- 29. Be thrifty with comments
- 30. Save common feedback phrases Positive Constructive Great work on outlining the project. I’m seeing improvement in identifying key concepts Please remember to use proper APA citations. This important improvement will increase your point value and academic integrity. Your explanation of behaviorism is clear and concise. Just what I was looking for. Could you expand on this idea of reconstruction and include an example? Your work is an excellent example of form. Your growth in this area has made great strides. As you reflect on your process, what would you do differently next time? I noticed you were unable to answer questions posed to you in the discussion. Please be better prepared or ask for assistance.
- 31. Summary
- 32. EternalClockbyRobbertvanderSteeg Don’t let this be you!
- 33. EternalClockbyRobbertvanderSteeg Don’t let this be you!
- 34. Summary • Design & build your course for efficiency – Use existing resources – Organize your files – Organize your links – Finalize one module before beginning others – Use a consistent template – Provide detailed instructions
- 35. Summary • Manage your time while teaching – Help students get started – Use a syllabus quiz – Put folders in reverse order (newest on top) – Use due dates & the calendar – Establish a routine – Create & subscribe to a Q&A forum – Use the Retention Center
- 36. Summary • Be efficient with time spent grading – Pace yourself – Use rubrics – Use interactive rubrics in Blackboard – Save common feedback phrases – Enable grading on discussion forums – Use embedded annotation in Blackboard – Be thrifty with your comments
- 37. Resources • Effective Workload Management Strategies for the Online Environment http://facdev.niu.edu/olcworkload • Time Management Strategies for Online Instructors http://facdev.niu.edu/uwstimemgmt • Be Efficient, Not Busy: Time Management Strategies for Online Teaching http://facdev.niu.edu/ffbeefficient • Ten Tips for More Efficient and Effective Grading http://facdev.niu.edu/ffefficientgrading
- 38. Questions? Assistant Director Faculty Development & Instructional Design Center Northern Illinois University srichter@niu.edu @slrichter Stephanie Richter Slides available at j.mp/fsi16-onlineworkload
Editor's Notes
- #12: For a single course, to make your development easier For an entire program, so students don’t harass you to find out where things are
- #13: Reduces student queries and instructor intervention
- #17: Less scrolling – always a good thing!
- #26: Blackboard Rubrics, easy to grade with Save common feedback phrases (in word doc - ready to go)
- #31: Save a list of common feedback phrases and keep adding to it. Provide specifics (examples) and ways to improve which are measureable.