Jason Schmidt's List: Teaching Online - Lesson Three

• Ignore the Clock
• high level of dynamic interaction between the  instructor and students and among the students themselves.
• time to carefully  reflect on each comment from others before responding or moving on to the  next item
• Student Centered
• the focus of attention is clearly  on the content of the discussion and your ability to respond and contribute  thoughtfully and intelligently to the material at hand
• Access to Resources

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• students access the course materials over the Web  at any time of day or night
• students in an online course depend on  conferencing software, email, and other asynchronous modes of communication  for the interaction they have with each other and with the instructor.
• the potential for collaborative  work and small-group discussions among students who may never meet face-to-face  is what makes Web-based courses so exciting and so powerful an educational  format.

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• Enriched  course materials
• Online courses can include many types  of interactive  learning aids such as flash cards, immediate feedback  tests, and PowerPoint presentations, contact with the instructor  and classmates, e-mail, chat rooms, discussion boards and  a whole  host of campus services, including registration, academic  advising,  financial aid information and forms, services for students  with disabilities, 24/7 libraries, and online tutoring
• Online students generally have greater access  to  instructors.
• Student-centered learning
• Online learning includes ample opportunities for students to  pursue coursework at  any time that fits into their busy lives.
• Online courses are  usually far more writing-intensive than traditional classes have  ever been
• Instructors note the surprisingly close relationships  that they have developed with their  online students.
• Highly interactive discussions
• The online  environment fosters self-motivated education, giving precedence  to the autonomy of the learner.

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