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Lagniappe: Tips for Success
 
The following resources are a selection from the many available sites offering tips for success in online learning.
 
Sites Offering Tips for Success
  • Adapting Asynchronous Communication to Meet the Seven Principles of Effective Teaching
    http://www.class.com/pressroom/whitepapers/masterbaywood.htm
    This white paper offers research findings and the resulting strategies for the successful implementation of asynchronous communication in the online classroom.
  • Central iSchool: Web-Based Resources
    http://www.centralischool.ca/wblrd/web_resources.html
    Central iSchool offers these Web-based resources, or learning objects, that are the result of partnerships between Saskatchewan (Canada) Learning and various school divisions. While the resources are primarily for K-12, they can offer ideas and inspiration to college instructors working to develop similar resources for their own online classes.
  • Clarion University: Tips for Teaching Online
    http://www.clarion.edu/ltc/blackboard/tips.htm
    Clarion University hosts this site with strategies for online instruction and links to additional resources.
  • Saskatoon Public School Division: Tips for Online Teachers
    http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/teachers/tips.htm
    Online learning is one of the many ways the Saskatoon Public School Division (Saskatchewan, Canada) strengthens their learning community while focusing on student learning and their people. They offer instructors these “Tips for Online Teachers.”
  • Time-Saving Strategies and Tips for Instructors Using Online Discussion Forums
    http://www.tact.fse.ulaval.ca/ang/html/timesaver.html
    This site offers insights, strategies, and tips on using discussion forums in online learning.
  • West Virginia University: Tips for Teaching Online
    http://www.itrc.wvu.edu/webct/faq20.html
    West Virginia University offers this page of tips for teaching online. The site includes information on the following topics:
    • Pedagogy for Online Instruction
    • Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning
    • Choosing an Online Communications Tool
    • Tips for Effective Online Communication
    • What Works—Tips from Instructors


Developers of the LSU System Online Teaching Model express sincere gratitude
to the Louisiana Board of Regents and their Distance Education Initiative
(Supporting Electronic Learning and Empowering Campus Transitions [SELECT]),
which provided funding for
planning, research, and development of this site.