Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy

04/20/2006

Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.
Walt Streightiff

Bill Pelz, Professor of Psychology at Herkimer County Community College was the recipient of the 2003 Sloan-C Award for Excellence in Online Teaching. In an article in the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (Volume 8, Issue 3, June 2004), a publication of the Sloan Consortium, Pelz identifies his three key principles for effective eTeaching:

Let the students do (most of) the work:
- Student led discussions
- Students find and discuss web resources
- Students help each other learn
- Students grade their own homework assignments
- Case study analysis
Interactivity is the heart and soul of effective asynchronous learning:
- Collaborative research papers
- Research proposal team projects
Strive for presence:
- Social presence
- Cognitive presence
- Teaching presences

To read the article, (My) Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy, by Bill Pelz, go to
www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/v8n3/v8n3_pelz.asp

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