II. APPLIED ONLINE PEDAGOGY
A. Principle #1: Let the students do (most of) the work.
1. Student Led Discussions: Student led discussions are a major learning activity in all of my 'reading' courses: Introductory Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology and Abnormal Psychology. To a somewhat lesser extent, I also use student led discussions in my 'skill' courses: Freshman Seminar, Statistics for the Social Sciences, and Experimental Psychology.
2. Students Find and Discuss Web Resourses:
3. Students Help Each Other Learn (Peer Assistance):
4. Students Grade Their Own Homework Assignments:
5. Case Study Analysis:
B. Principle #2: Interactivity is the heart and soul of effective asynchronous learning.
1. Collaborative Research Paper: Students collaborate to develop topics, organize their paper, and collect web resources. The completed paper is submitted for class discussion.
2. Research Proposal Team Project:
C. Principle #3: Strive for presence.
Social
Cognitive
Teaching Presence