Title: Week 1 Web Vet Strategies
Course: Dev_TOPKIT_SAMPLE_COURSE_Bauer_S_67 > Section: Week 1 - Navigating the Online Environment

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We have often found that faculty prefer to hear from other faculty with online teaching experience than listen to the ID facilitators discuss online strategies and pedagogy. We have heard "I want someone talking with me and not at me." A harsh statement but some times true.

A nice way to do this is to bring in experts from the field. This also puts participants in contact with experienced faculty that they can then call on for future advice.

This section should be reserved to host messages/best practices from your faculty having taught online in either a blended or completely online course. If it is possible/applicable, get a blended instructor and web-based instructor to participate. It is suggested that you use a video but a facilitated discussion board or content page could also be used.

Suggested questions/topics for WebVets to discuss:

1. Introduction/Orientation - Do you use an instructor introduction or course introduction? If so, what do you discuss? How do you find it beneficial?
2. Course Tools – What tools in Webcourses@UCF do you use most often? Which have worked and not worked for you? Do you use any 3rd party tools?
3. Communication - What tool do you use for communication? Any specific protocol? "Only answer question Mon – Friday?  Reply within 24 hours." Availability to answer student questions
4. Any Web Vet advice in the areas of Accessibility, FERPA, and Copyright? What have your experiences been?
5. Do you define course/module objectives? What types of online activities occur to assist in delivering the objectives? Discussion postings? Class projects?
6. Assessment - What is your assessment strategy? Quizzes? Projects? Papers?
7. Course Administration/Student Support – How have you handled student support?  Student Lounge? Direct links to Online@UCF Student Support? Do you use the Webcourses@UCF Online Orientation?
8. Challenges associated with online delivery, such as technical, communication, student (engagement, online environment competency), time (management, zones), cheating, lectures online, handouts, etc.
9. Strategies to address the challenges of teaching online.

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