Featured Higher Education Presenter: Susan Ko, Ph.D.
Date: Tuesday, 6/15/10
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In an interview with Online Classroom, Susan Ko, co-author (along with Steve Rossen) of Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, talked about the changes that have occurred in online teaching in the 10 years since the book was published. (It is now in its third edition.) Among the significant changes Ko has observed is the shift toward a team approach to developing online courses and the increasing likelihood that an instructor may be called upon to teach courses he or she had no part in creating. Below is an excerpt of an interview on this topic, which she will address on June 15 in her upcoming Magna Online Seminar Teaching an Online Course Developed by Others.
OC: What impact does the team approach to developing online courses have on the way the individual faculty member teaches and the way students learn?
Ko: This does depend on how the course design and development process takes place. Usually a team approach is used for courses that are going to be offered more than once or in multiple sections. This definitely lends consistency to what students in successive semesters will experience in the course. And you've got more resources, so potentially the presentation should be a little more sophisticated. Generally speaking, the team is going to be able to bring something more to the mix, and ideally the end product is going to be a richer, more consistent, more effective, and stronger course. I think the hard part is that the course is still going to be taught by faculty, and if the faculty member is not the one who is part of the original team, then there does remain this issue about how well the faculty member can fit his or her teaching style into a course that was created by a team. I'm not even talking about courses that are completely standardized, but obviously a team approach usually means that there are certain elements–modules, resources, assignments, or some part of the course used by all the faculty who are going to be teaching it. So then how does the instructor approach that? What is it like to teach a course you didn't create? What are the issues, and what does that mean for faculty and administrators? I think it's a challenge. You're lucky if you have a team who can work on this course together, but then in the end the course has to be taught.
OC: What advice do you have for online instructors teaching a course they had no part in creating?
Ko: Thoroughly familiarize yourself with the course you are going to teach, because if you don't understand the content, approach, and principles of that course, you will find it hard to be an effective instructor. Also find out what you can add or change in the course, whether that is your own commentary, additional resources, assignments, or discussion questions. Or it may be that your unique contribution will be in providing feedback and facilitating interaction in the class.
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