Remote and On-Campus Teaching Resources
National Experience with Online Teaching: Inside Higher Ed’s 2019 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology Survey
More than three-quarters, 77 percent, of those who have taught online courses say the experience helped them develop pedagogical skills and practices that improved their teaching. Three-quarters of those instructors said they think more critically about ways to engage students with content, and at least three in five said they make better use of multimedia content (65 percent), are more likely to experiment and make changes to try to improve the learning experience (63 percent), and make better use of their institution’s learning management system (61 percent).
| National Experience with Online Teaching
Top Priorities
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Build Build your Blackboard Site, Establish a Transparent Course Plan, and Reflect on Inclusive Teaching Strategies
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Connect Establish a Student Engagement and Communication Plan Responsive to the Remote Learning Environment and Covid 19
Top Priorities
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Design Design a Learning Objectives and Assessment Strategy Adequate for the Remote Learning Environment
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Anticipate Anticipate problems before they happen. Make contingency plans for when the physical environment, technology glitches, or health issues prevent you or your students from engaging in online learning.
Campus Resources
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Circle Back to Campus
The Circle Back to Campus Booklet: UIC COVID Response Plan provides comprehensive information to prepare you for your return to campus.
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UIC College of Education: Teaching Remotely Guidebook
- Teaching Remotely Guidebook: The College of Education has composed an excellent comprehensive guide that facilitates all aspects of course design and Blackboard site building for the Fall. The guide includes live links and offers tips and best practices for instructors.
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Provost
Fall 2020 Online Instructional Resources: Office of the Provost
Teaching & Learning: Strategies and Resources for Moving to Remote Teaching and Learning: Office of the Provost
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ACCC and DRC
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LAS Ideas Exchange
As our colleagues share ideas and resources for dealing with these unprecedented circumstances, we will endeavor to pass them on in case they might be of help to others too. We hope that you find some useful tips as we build this section.
Communication: How-To Videos & Sample Lectures
Chemistry: Online Teaching & Testing Resources
English: Remote Teaching Guide
English: First-Year Writing Remote Teaching Guide
Global Asian Studies: Teaching Against Racism
Tips for Instructors using Blackboard Collaborate: Engineering-Computer Science, Dr. Hummel
Additional Technological Resources: Abbas Jaffary, MSCS
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CTE Syllabus Toolkits
Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence:
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CATE Equity and Inclusion Toolkit
Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence:
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LAS Online Course Support for Instructors
LAS Online Course Support: In order to provide assistance for any fall 2020 online course, LAS has a pool of LAS graduate students who have been trained to assist instructors with any issues related to asynchronous or synchronous online Blackboard courses. Questions for this trained group of LAS graduate students can range from quick trouble shooting issues, to setting up course components such as quizzes or assignments, to providing suggestions for content delivery. Instructors are invited to submit a request for assistance by sending an email to lassupport@uic.edu.
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OLC Resources
The U of I System currently has a membership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), allowing faculty at our three universities to have access to OLC resources related to digital learning, online teaching, etc. OLC is a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators, dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner – anyone, anywhere, anytime. All faculty members are invited to explore the OLC resources available to the U of I System.
Be Kind to Yourself!
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Don't
- Seek perfection.
- Spend time overproducing your videos and microlectures.
- Attempt to present an exact or literal translation of the face-to-face classroom experience.
- Worry if some of your strategies do not prove to be as effective as you had hoped. You can make improvements as the course progresses!
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Do
DO take advantage of this experience to reflect on your teaching, rethink your teaching methods and learning goals, develop new strategies, and grow as an instructor. Turn every setback into a learning opportunity!
LAS Online Faculty Resources
