Information and Schedule
Online Teaching Training Spring I and Spring II 2025
Time: The Online Teaching training is a 7-week asynchronous online course.
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- Spring I begins on Mon. Jan 27, 2025, and ends: Sun. Mar 23, 2025
- Spring II begins on Mon. Mar. 31, and ends Sun. May 18, 2025.
Instructor: Tom Cantu, Paul Miller
***Registration is open only to those who have received approvals from their discipline dean and the Dean of the Virtual Campus.
Prerequisites: Completion of Digital Fundamentals for Teaching and Learning (formerly SRT training).
Description: The Online Teaching training prepares Montgomery College faculty to teach asynchronous (DL Web) online and blended courses.
The training occurs in Blackboard as a seven-week online course that guides professors through planning, building, and preparing to teach their own online or blended course. Although the training is conducted asynchronously, it is not self-paced. As in any DL Web course, there are weekly deadlines. Participants are expected to log in to the course regularly to view announcements, respond to email, complete assignments, review feedback to update their work, and actively contribute to the discussions throughout the week.
When teaching asynchronously, the elements of good teaching commonly found in live, interactive classrooms must be intentionally recreated. Professors will redesign a course for online or blended delivery to present course content, actively engage students, assess learning, and establish an inclusive environment. Participants will design an online or blended course and develop a course template consisting of a syllabus, orientation, and one module that meets the competency demonstration criteria including the 22 Essential Quality Matters Standards, Higher Education Rubric, 7th Ed. The course template is revised until it serves as a model to follow and a set of page templates for building the rest of the course. Many professors require an additional semester after completing the training to finish building the entire course.
Notes:
While teaching remotely using Zoom is known as live or synchronous online teaching, the Online Teaching training will guide professors through creating an asynchronous online or blended course. Professors with experience teaching and building asynchronous online courses may be eligible for credit for prior learning.
If you have questions, please contact Shinta Hernandez, Dean of MC Online, at shinta.hernandez@montgomerycollege.edu.
Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Develop web-centric habits, as evidenced by logging in to the course regularly to complete assignments, respond to email, and actively contribute to the weekly discussions.
- Design an online or blended course to present course content, engage students, assess learning, and establish an inclusive environment.
- Build a course template for an online or blended course that fulfills the competency demonstration criteria, including the 22 Essential Quality Matters Standards, 7th Ed.