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Teresa N.      Hi all. I am still working on what needs to be done each week.  I want to become more comfortable with not relying on a piece of paper in my hands to ground me in reality and help me organize what needs to be done. I wonder if working an online course when you have been taught in a traditional classroom is like learning a second language. I don't even have basic grammar or words to work with. I am not just learning content; I am having to learn and develop an intuitive grasp on files that are nontangible. 

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Teresa N.      Hi all. I am still working on what needs to be done each week.  I want to become more comfortable with not relying on a piece of paper in my hands to ground me in reality and help me organize what needs to be done. I wonder if working an online course when you have been taught in a traditional classroom is like learning a second language. I don't even have basic grammar or words to work with. I am not just learning content; I am having to learn and develop an intuitive grasp on files that are nontangible. 

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I still have a concern about cheating in an on-line course. This would seem to be more significant problem in science courses because of the quantitative types of problems we do. It is hard to check for plagiarism in a math problem.

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Classroom has the advantage in that I can do an in-class exercise and walk around and give immediate feedback and help. I think that will take a lot more time and effort in an on-line course.

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There is a lot of work involved in the initial set up of an on-line course.  But once it is set up,  maintaining it should not require as much effort. But it would likely still be more effort than a F2F course.

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On-line seems to require a different set of personal skills.  For instance, I think you have to have some skill as a performer/actor if you want to be successful at making on-line videos.

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Jennifer, I feel like we have a lot of the same views in terms of online versus face-to-face teaching. I like being flexible and hope that I can be as organized online as I generally am in class.

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I have to say that face-to-face is more personal, I believe. You can see more non-verbal cues. This is important in counseling and I think that's why I like face-to-face teaching best!

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Jennifer, I agree. I do recruitment aside from teaching and hope that I can be a great instructor online. It makes me nervous!

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Teaching online seems much more labor intensive, in my eyes.

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Less frequent check-ins, with the majority of time investment during the face-to-face class time.

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Frequent check-ins involving shorter amounts of time, but more frequent.

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Requires new strategies for time management. I'm worried about this, as I already feel pretty tight on time.

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F2f lets you plan and teach in real time (you can be flexible OR you can come across as a disorganized mess)--vs. online, which requires tons of advance planning & structure.

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The article assumes (perhaps too facilely) that f2f classrooms are hierarchical & that online "flattens" that hierarchy.

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Lack of training!  The article points out that people don't tend to get much training in online teaching...we instead use f2f practices that may not work online.

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Because the learning platform is student "directed" student can synthesize information in smaller components

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Time is structured--regardless of student's level of readiness

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Directions/steps must be exceptionally clear

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Can assess student's level of engagement

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Engage student/provide prompt feedback

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Engage student/provide prompt feedback

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Constant Improvement is Key

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Feedback is constant

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Classroom offers a shared time and space

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Role shifts from lecturer to learning facilitator

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Requires more prep work than face-to-face teaching