The Teaching Online in Higher Education course is a comprehensive study for all faculty preparing to teach fully-online courses. It consists of three components, as follows:

TOL Phase 1: Online Training
*to be completed 2 semesters prior to teaching

1. 4-week online course
2. Attendance at two 1-hour online Wimba training sessions
3. Participation in online “point-click” Blackboard tutorial
4. Meeting with the Instructional Designer either through Wimba or face-to-face

TOL Phase 2: Tentative course preparation
*completed during the same semester as Phase 1

Instructors will have set up a tentative course layout following the guidelines set in the Checklist for Putting a Course Online. Tentative courses must be prepared by the Phase 2 End date.
A completed Syllabus is required.

TOL Phase 3: Final course preparation
*completed the semester prior to teaching

1. Course Review by Instructional Designer
2. Collaboration between Instructional Designer/Developers and instructor to ensure that online pedagogy is implemented.
3. Final course ready (Principles of Good Practice document) must be prepared by the Phase 3 End date.

Courses running in the Fall 2009 semester
*Choose one of the training sessions:

Courses running in the Spring 2010 semester

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If you would like more information on this course, email us at loriski@utpa.edu