Resources

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Effective Lectures (Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching)
Suggestions for creating physical presence, effective visuals, and interactive lectures.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Face-to-Face, Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), Large Enrollment Classes
Assessing teaching presence in a computer conferencing context (Anderson, T.; Rourke, L.; Garrison, R. ; Arche, W.)
Introduces the concept of teacher presence as “the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing…
Type: Article
Learning Environment, Teaching Modality Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), Online Courses
A meta-analysis addressing the relationship between teaching presence and students’ satisfaction and learning (Caskurlu, S.; Maeda, Y.; Richardson, J.C. ; Lv, J.)
This meta-analysis examined the relationship between student outcomes and teaching presence and its three sub-dimensions (i.e., design and…
Type: Article
Learning Environment, Teaching Modality Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), Online Courses
Using Asynchronous Audio Feedback to Enhance Teaching Presence and Students' Sense of Community (Ice, P., Curtis, R., Phillips, P. and Wells, J.)
Compared to text-based feedback, audio feedback was perceived to be more effective for conveying nuance and was associated with: (1) feelings of…
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback Feedback
Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online Courses (Stanford University)
How to maintain "presence" online, build online learning community, set expectations, implement online activities, and discussions, and…
Type: Website
Teaching Modality Online Courses
Effective Teaching Online (Inside Higher Ed)
Information on active learning, lesson and content chunking, instructor presence, and media assignments.
Type: Article
Teaching Modality Online Courses
Creating a Sense of Instructor Presence in the Online Classroom (Faculty Focus)
The importance of instructor presence and recommendations on how to design for presence.
Type: Website
Teaching Modality Online Courses
Best Practices for Large-Enrollment Online Courses, Part 3: Managing instructor-student communication and presence
Managing large enrollment classes online.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Courses