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Teaching online: Index

May 14, 2021

Here is a round-up of my most recent articles about how to teach online, based on my experience of teaching adults.

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Free ebooks on teaching online
teaching online
Digital Education, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Free ebooks on teaching online
teaching online
Digital Education, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

These pdfs, on converting a course to an online course, and tips for teaching online, were written a few years ago but still contain actionable suggestions.

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Digital Education, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
In case you missed it: Converting an offline course to an online one -- ebook
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News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
In case you missed it: Converting an offline course to an online one -- ebook
converting, online, ebook, teaching online
News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

This is a fairly comprehensive account of the steps I went through to convert a course from one I taught in a physical classroom to one I could teach online.

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News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
In case you missed it: Converting an offline course to an online one Checklist
converting, checklist, online, teaching online
Digital Education, News & views, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
In case you missed it: Converting an offline course to an online one Checklist
converting, checklist, online, teaching online
Digital Education, News & views, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

In case you missed this when I posted it during half-term… I’ve written a long article about how I converted a course I’d taught in a classroom to one I was able to teach online. You can grab a checklist version of it in the form of a pdf by signing up to my newsletter, Digital Education, which is free.

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Digital Education, News & views, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Tackling tech troubles while teaching online (or avoiding them in the first place)
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Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Tackling tech troubles while teaching online (or avoiding them in the first place)
trouble-shooting, edtech problems, teaching online
Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

The following seven tips are based on my own experience, both as a tutor and a student, of things not going to plan.

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Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Hybrid Learning
hybrid learning, teaching online, online education, Covid19, Covid-19
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Research, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Hybrid Learning
hybrid learning, teaching online, online education, Covid19, Covid-19
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Research, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

The first thing that struck me when doing the research for this article is how often the terms “blended learning” and “hybrid learning” seem to be used to mean whatever the writer wants them to mean.

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Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Research, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
How to adapt materials for online learning
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Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
How to adapt materials for online learning
converting, teaching online
Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

You may wish to write some supplementary material to accompany the existing resources, consisting of suggestions or prompts for the teacher. Here is a list of considerations to guide the creation of these supplementary resources.

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Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Tips for experts who now have to teach online
online learning, teaching online
Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Tips for experts who now have to teach online
online learning, teaching online
Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

UPDATED! If you are an expert in your field, and now teach adults online, but don’t have any formal training as a teacher, you may find these tips useful.

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Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Converting an offline course to an online one
blogging, course, online learning, teaching online
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Converting an offline course to an online one
blogging, course, online learning, teaching online
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

In 2019 I taught an introductory course on blogging, for adults. I was invited to teach it again. Then a small event called a pandemic intervened, so I was told that the course would be moved from a physical classroom to an online one. My reaction? Excellent.

blogging, course, online learning, teaching online
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Remote teaching during a pandemic
William Lau, teaching online, Covid19, Covid-19
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT
Remote teaching during a pandemic
William Lau, teaching online, Covid19, Covid-19
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

Lau provides a useful article that contains much information, based on research, that not everyone will have been aware of.

William Lau, teaching online, Covid19, Covid-19
Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT

If you found this article interesting or useful (or even both!), why not subscribe to my free newsletter, Digital Education? It’s been going since the year 2000, and has slow news, informed views and honest reviews for Computing and ed tech teachers — and useful experience-based tips.

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