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E1 Online Faculty Orientation to Teach Online

Regionals E-Campus E1 Online Faculty Orientation is designed to assist faculty new to online learning and/or Miami University Regionals E-Campus or who want to develop technical and pedagogical skills using E-Campus tools and processes to provide high-quality online learning experiences.

What Faculty and Instructors Will Learn

  • Explore e-learning best practices
  • Navigate Canvas, Miami University's learning management system (LMS)
  • Develop course delivery success strategies suitable for the online environment with Miami tools and processes
  • Explore research-based methods for stimulating online student engagement to promote retention
  • Develop online course management efficiency techniques

You don't need a prerequisite, and the orientation is self-paced. Most participants complete the orientation in approximately 7-8 hours, in as little as a few days or over the course of a few weeks.

Start E1 at any time. To register, please email ecampushelp@MiamiOH.edu or call 513-217-4003 (x74003) to speak with our E-Campus Solutions Team.

E1 Online Faculty Orientation Outcomes

Module 1: What is E-Learning?

  • Explain what E-learning is and its importance to Miami Regionals.
  • Explain how the various functions of Miami University Regionals E-Campus help faculty create high-quality, standards-aligned, and outcomes-based online courses that prioritize student success and retention.
  • Describe how online learning meets the needs of today's higher education students.
  • List the advantages of teaching online for instructors.

Module 2: Teaching an Online Course

  • Customize Canvas notification preferences.
  • Describe how online learning meets the needs of today’s higher education students.
  • Identify the differences between teaching face-to-face and online courses.
  • Employ time management strategies to maximize efficiency when teaching an online course.

Module 3: Instructor Presence

  • Explain how the Community of Inquiry model increases cognitive, social, and teaching presence in an online course.
  • Use video in innovative ways to increase instructor presence in an online environment.
  • Employ strategies of the VOCAL method to increase instructor presence in an online environment.
  • Use communication strategies to enhance instructor presence in an online environment.
  • Update Canvas profile information.
  • Write “About The Instructor” information for the course syllabus page.

Module 4: Student Engagement

  • Use Canvas communication tools to effectively communicate with students in an online learning environment.
  • List tips and techniques for planning and moderating effective online discussions.
  • List strategies for communicating clear, impactful, and effective messages through text and multimedia.
  • List strategies to establish a positive learning environment conducive to increased student engagement.

Module 5: Managing an Online Course at Miami Regionals

  • Identify instructional content items that may require additional resources to make them accessible.
  • List the steps that must be taken upon receiving a Letter of Accommodation for an online course.
  • List strategies to manage difficult students in the online classroom.

Module 6: Preparing for Your First Online Course

  • List the steps that must be taken to prepare for the start of a Miami Regionals E-Campus course.
  • Record an introduction video for an online course.
  • Write a welcome email for an online course.
  • Locate an E-Campus course's "Course Author Notes and Important Course Information" page.
  • Locate the course author's contact information for an E-Campus course.

Register for E1 Orientation

Take the next step to prepare for teaching an online course with Miami Regionals. You can start any time.
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If you need support or guidance while teaching an online course, please don't hesitate to contact us. We are here to help.

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