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The Best Online Faculty

By: Marc Van Horne  •  February 15, 2018  •  1 minute read

The instructional design and development team in ASU Online currently provides support for over 1,000 online courses in over 100 fully online programs. The faculty who design and deliver the online courses are key to the success of the course build projects and the quality of the student learning experiences. In order to find out more about the best online faculty, we asked a group of about 65 online course design and development support staff from across Arizona State University to list some of the characteristics of their top faculty.

 

Here’s what we learned.

Poster titled "The Best Online Faculty," listing ten key qualities of excellent online faculty, with associated illustrations.  Transcribed Text:  The Best Online Faculty  Here are 10 important qualities we have identified in our best online faculty.  Believe They believe in the value of online teaching and learning.  Empathetic They're empathetic to the needs of online students.  Open They're open to new ideas and approaches to course design and delivery.  Available They're regularly available to design, develop, and teach their courses.  Organized They're organized and systematic in their approach to course design and delivery.  Responsive They're timely when communicating with course design collaborators and students.  Clear They provide clear, concise, and consistent communication with course design collaborators and students.  Tech-savvy They're comfortable and confident using online teaching technologies.  Collaborative They support collaborative approaches to course design and development.  Committed They're committed to improving access to higher education and fostering student success.  teachonline.asu.edu  ASU EdPlus Arizona State University.

Believe – They believe in the value of online teaching and learning.

Empathetic – They’re empathetic to the needs of online students.

Open – They’re open to new ideas and approaches to course design and delivery.

Available – They’re regularly available to design, develop and teach their courses.

Organized – They’re organized and systematic in their approach to course design and delivery.

Responsive – They’re timely when communicating with course design collaborators and students.

Clear – They provide clear, concise and consistent communication with course design collaborators and students.

Tech-savvy – They’re comfortable and confident using online teaching technologies.

Collaborative – They support collaborative approaches to course design and development.

Committed – They’re committed to improving access to higher education and fostering student success.



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