If you searched Online Teaching Resources, you will be overwhelmed with the results and would spend the rest of your life just reading through the webpages, wandering down wormholes, being lost in numerous clicks. All possibly resulting in more and more confusion.
ADVICE:
- Look for University based webpages. As they are doing what you are doing; teaching adult learners in a tertiary setting, then their thoughts might be useful to consider. Don’t exclude primary school or secondary school-based resources but use them sparingly. Yoobee students are adult learners and therefore require a different approach.
- Ask Online Learning Support for support. Online Learning Support is not just there for the students and their learning, but for the teaching staff and their learning on teaching.
- Stick with one or two names, sites, resources at first. Choose the ones that feel like they are on your “wavelength”. Don’t struggle through some academic text that in the end just doesn’t make sense.
- Don’t just stick to webpages, try YouTube. I am sure you already search for videos on “how to XXX” to improve your skillset. Teaching is one of the skills you have and there are loads on video resources on teaching.
| Resource | Details | Link |
| TEC: Learning Webinars to assist tertiary teaching online in NZ |
Three webinars where NZ and Australian experts share their knowledge to enhance the quality of your online teaching practice. 30 to 50 minutes long. Includes downloadable transcript and presentation slides |
TEC |
| Sage Publishing: Online teaching and learning |
Based on academic research, there are many readings and webinars on teaching as well as links outwards. Potentially mostly around moving F2F into the Online space. Still relevant. All levels: primary through to tertiary. |
SAGE |
| Faculty Focus |
A huge website with different areas to explore. Look in the drop-down menu under Topics to start down the rabbit hole. Podcasts are 15 to 30 minutes long with various topics. On campus and Online campus focus. Sign up for the newsletter for weekly articles. |
Faculty Focus |
| ERIC — Education Resources Information Centre | A database of education research and information. It’s more academic than perhaps you will like or need. Full text is available or look through EBSCO link on Sharepoint. | ERIC |
| Ako Aotearoa | An NZ organisation that supports NZ’s tertiary sector. Provides short courses as well as information and resources based on funded research | Ako |
More cool sites which are huge in resources, information and links. They are general information related to tertiary teaching and online tertiary teaching.
- UCD Teaching and Learning Ireland LINK
- MERLOT ( Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.) California State University LINK
- Centre for Teaching Excellence. University of Waterloo Canada LINK
- National Institute for Digital Learning Ireland LINK
- Teachthought - mainly K-12 education but amazing infographics to make start you thinking. Through LinkedIn you can get regular posts or sign up for their newsletter. LINK
- eLearning in general - instructional design, tools, gamification, platforms etc. LINK
There are millions more information sites, resources sites or apps to utilise. Add your jewels to the Resource treasure box thread in the associated forum.
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