{"id":17,"date":"2024-04-04T02:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T23:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/juhendid\/teaching-course\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T20:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:00:43","slug":"teaching-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/juhendid\/teaching-course\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Teaching a course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">When teaching an e-course, teaching staff members need to perform different roles. To ease the workload of teaching staff members, an educational technology specialist, instructional designer or another support specialist may take care of the following technical activities: <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>sharing information about logging in to the learning environment and the course; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>giving explanations on the hardware and software needed for taking part in the course; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>instructing on the navigation in the learning environment and the use of the tools of the learning environment; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>support in the case of technical problems; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>making necessary modifications in the learning environment during the course. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">It is a good idea to create a separate forum for technical problems related to the course, where learners could ask for help, and to assign a person who answers the questions in this forum and helps to solve the problems. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">One of the success factors of web-based learning is creating a friendly, encouraging and supportive environment and a feeling of a close-knit learning group (a learning community). This is supported by the following activities: <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>introducing yourself in the forum of the course; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>introducing the course and its organisers, greeting learners in the forum; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>asking learners to introduce themselves to others in the forum; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>at the beginning of each new topic or period, giving the learners information about the current stage and near future of the course, encouraging and motivating the learners; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>encouraging learners to communicate actively; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>responding quickly to learners\u2019 messages, so that learners do not feel that they have been left alone in the learning environment. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">The next important step for the teaching staff is monitoring the learners\u2019 activities, guiding them, giving feedback and grading. The teacher: <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>organises synchronous (chatroom, online seminar) or asynchronous (forum) discussions; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>moderates discussions by adding remarks, comments or questions; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>summarises discussions; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>gives learners feedback on participating in discussions; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>facilitates the learners\u2019 sharing of experiences, teaching one another, mutually commenting and giving feedback on each other\u2019s homework; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>ensures the course is progressing smoothly and as planned; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>manages the learning process \u2013 sends the learners messages about the progress of the learning process, about the submission of assignments and students\u2019 progress, reminders; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>helps to solve the learners\u2019 problems related to the organisation of studies; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>recommends learners to share useful resources; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>gives recommendations for independent work with the learning materials, participating in group work and discussions and completing assignments; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>monitors how the learners do their assignments, offering help and support, if needed; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>presents the points or grades given for assignments to learners; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>explains or elaborates on the learner\u2019s answers (why an answer was right or wrong, so that learners could use this feedback for learning from their mistakes and improve their performance); <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>guides the learners by helping questions and remarks and sends additional information to learners, if needed; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#565656\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>asks the learners for feedback and recommendations on the content of the course, using the learning environment and the activities of the teachers and tutors to improve the course in the future <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">Schedule specific periods for dealing with the course and do not leave the learners alone. Make sure to read all forum posts and reply to them. On the participants\u2019 page (the block <i>People<\/i>), you can see who has visited the course and when. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">If learners in your course are expected to submit assignments, review them as soon as possible after the submission deadline. Assignments submitted in the<b> forum<\/b> can be graded directly in the forum \u2013 open the corresponding post in the forum and select the suitable grade from the drop-down menu below the post. The learner can see the grade in his\/her gradebook and also below the post in the forum. To add a comment to the assignment, reply to the learner\u2019s message. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">To grade assignments submitted through the <b>assignment tool<\/b>, open the corresponding assignment and click on <i>View\/grade all submissions <\/i>to see the table of all submissions or on <i>Grading<\/i> to grade submissions one by one. The learner will see the grade and the comment in his\/her gradebook. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">In the <b>learning journal<\/b>, you will see the entries of all students on one page. There is a drop-down menu after each entry for selecting the grade and a text box for adding the comment. If you need to change the grade or the comment during the course, you can do it in the same place. You can add the new comment below the previous one or delete the previous comment (provided that the learner has already seen it). Only the most recently selected and saved grade will be included in the gradebook. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:7.5pt\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">If your course has <b>tests <\/b>which also include essay-type questions, you need to grade them manually. To do that, open the test. You will see the number of attempts made by the learners (e.g. <i>Test attempts: 12<\/i>) \u2013 click on this link. On the attempts page, you can also review and grade all other types of questions, if necessary, but you have to do it here for essay-type questions (there is a link <i>Needs grading <\/i>in the table). If you have opened the answer, click on the link <i>Make comment or override grade<\/i>. Insert the grade (points) and save \u2013 It will be added to the initial test result. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:#565656\">Check whether the gradebook shows exactly what you intended.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When teaching an e-course, teaching staff members need to perform different roles. 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