Faculty Podcasts

Best Practices in Online Teaching, Learning, and Course Design

Converstations with Online Faculty
Interviewed by Alexandra M. Pickett and selected online faculty from the SUNY Learning Network

How to "observe" an online course
You have been given access to several online fully asynchronous courses for observation. We have gotten the necessary permissions for the observation from the faculty and students involved. Please read the guidelines for participating below.

These online courses have been selected as models for you to observe. They demonstrate a variety of content areas and approaches to online course content layout, and show creative ways to implement a variety of learning activities and objectives. They may inspire you to develop and teach your own online course!

General Guidelines:

Please respect the work by students and faculty in these courses as private and confidential. Do not disclose anything you have read and do not share the passwords you have been given for access to their courses.
Your access is as a "Reader." You will be able to see all areas of the courses including, the assignments, evaluations, and the discussion related to the courses. You will not be able to add documents or contribute to the courses in any way.
Minimize the sound file browser window so that you can listen to the commentary while you follow along and browse/tour the course. Be sure to pause the audio whenever you need to catch up or find the location in the course being discussed.

Courses for Observation
Elementary French I - Fall 2005

Elementary German II - Spring 2006

Developmental Psychology - Fall 2005

Modern Art - Spring 2006

History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to the Modern Era - Winter 2006 (mini)

See the instructions below for instructions on how to access these courses.

Instructions:

There are 2 ways you can view these courses posted for your observation.

Browse a Course on your own.

1. Click on the link to the course and login using the usernames and passwords identified below for each course.

(The login is case sensitive, so be sure to type it in exactly as you see it below.)

USERNAME:

Workshop Guest

PASSWORD:

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2. Then simply click through the course observing how the course is structured and managed by the instructor.

View course with instructor commentary

1. Click on the link to the course from the

link to course

and login using the usernames and passwords identified below for each course.

(The login is case sensitive, so be sure to type it in exactly as you see it below.)

USERNAME:

Workshop Guest

PASSWORD:

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2. Minimize the window and click on the associated sound file you wish to listen to from the audio commentary column for that course: each course in the table below contains the link to the course, links to the instructor bio/institution and a series of auido file links. Start with the "Introduction" link in the table below to bring up the instructor's introductary audio commentary for that course. Click

directly

on the words (Introduction, CourseMap Tour, Learning Activities, Reflections) to launch the audio commentaties for each course.

3. Minimize the sound file browser window so that you can listen to the commentary while you follow along and browse/tour the course. Be sure to pause the audio whenever you need to catch up or find the location in the course being discussed.

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