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Online Teaching Resources

From Swarthmore Knowledge Base

We've collected links to online teaching resources.  If you know of other good resources, please let us know: acadtech@swarthmore.edu.

Swarthmore Academic Technology Workshops

Enroll in our ITS Workshops Moodle page for access to the following recordings and materials:

  • Moodle Refresher
  • Moodle Best Practices
  • Interactive Techniques for Blended/ Hybrid Learning
  • Doing More with Moodle: Using Rubrics for Student Success
  • Online Assessment in Moodle
  • Google Apps for Collaboration and Group Work
  • On-Campus Remote Teaching Studios
  • DIY Home Teaching Studio
  • Alternative Grading Methods
  • Assignment Redesign: Connecting Content, Pedagogy, and Technology
  • Building Online Community

General Remote Teaching Resources

Stanford has an informative site for faculty teaching remotely, including a set of best practices for lectures, lab activities, fostering collaboration among students, and assessing student work.

Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption - from Stanford (Jenae Cohn and Beth Seltzer)

Going Online in a Hurry - Vanderbilt

Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Hybrid Course Resources

HyFlex Course Design Examples - example 50 and 75 minute sessions with details for teaching the same course to Synchronous in person, Blended online, and Asynchronous online students.  From Kevin Kelly's article, "COVID-19 Planning for Fall 2020: A Closer Look at Hybrid-Flexible Course Design".

Exams

Strategies for Exams During Remote Learning - from Amherst's Center for Teaching and Learning

Unproctored Online Assessments - University of Wisconsin Extended Campus Resource

Best Practices for Online Tests - Pepperdine

Thwarting online exam cheating without proctor supervision  - Jr, Cluskey, & Ehlen, Craig & Raiborn, Mitchell. (2011). Journal of Academic and Business Ethics.

Labs

Firsthand or secondhand data in school labs: It does not make a difference - Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16, 013102 – Published 9 March 2020

Virtual Chemistry and Simulations resources from ACS

7 Things You Should Know About Virtual Labs - EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

Studio Art

Ideas for teaching clay online

Worst Case Scenario

Note titled 'Online Discussions and Office Hours' outlining contingency plans for moving discussion sections and office hours online using Zoom, Google Meet, a whiteboard site, audio-only sessions, amateur radio, and shortwave communication.