Week 3 Overview

Optional Reading and Viewing

The following optional readings and videos are provided as references for the topics discussed in this week's Overview.

• Vaughan, N.D., Cleveland-Innes, M., & D.R. Garrison, (2013) Chapter 3: Facilitation, Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry, pp45-61, retrieved from http://www.aupress.ca/books/120229/ebook/03_Vaughan_et_al_2013-Teaching_in_Blended_Learning_Environments.pdf (PDF, Chapter 3 only)
  Note: If you don’t have much time, review the ideas for online facilitation in Table 3.2. Facilitating cognitive presence face-to-face and online of the Vaughan, et al chapter.

• Various instructors, Effective Communication in the Online Environment, (June 2014), Carleton University,
• Video (6:13)   Effective Communication Online

• University of Waterloo, Centre for Teaching Excellence, Online Discussions: Tips for Instructors (web page), retrieved from https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/developing-assignments/blended-learning/online-discussions-tips-instructors

• COFAOnline, Learning to Teach Online, University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts - retrieved from http://online.cofa.unsw.edu.au/learning-to-teach-online/ltto-episodes
  • Video (6:04) Engaging and motivating students, (2011)