Whether you are new to online teaching, looking to expand your online teaching skills or just curious about what effective online learning looks like, there are many ways we can help.
At any time, you can request a one-on-one consultation with a technology or online pedagogy expert by emailing learnsupport@viu.ca. We also have blog posts related to online learning such as Choosing the Right Tool for Asynchronous Online Learning and Navigating Digital Technology in Teaching and Learning.
And now we offer three different formal learning opportunities. Each one is designed to meet the needs of faculty at different points along their online and teaching journey. You are welcome to join one or all three. Each is outlined below along with registration information for upcoming offerings. We look forward to seeing you there.
Faculty Orientation to Online Teaching (FOOT)
Delivery Mode: Online Synchronous (Teams)
Duration: 3 hours
FOOT is the shortest of the three opportunities. It is designed to introduce best practices for online and blended teaching and learning and provide an overview of the technology tools and supports available at VIU. You will also have the chance to connect with other instructors who are teaching online.
FOOT is for you if:
- You will be teaching online for the first time and aren’t sure where to start.
- You have taught online before, but not at VIU.
- You aren’t teaching online but are interested in learning about effective online teaching and learning.
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Shifting Your Teaching Online? Let’s Get Started!
Delivery: Online Synchronous (Teams) and Asynchronous (VIULearn)
Duration: 3 days (10 hours total)
This learning series is designed to be a practical, hands-on opportunity to build the structure for your online course, decide which tech tools you want to use and explore some of best practices for making online learning engaging and meaningful. Your course won’t be completely planned by the end of the series, but you will have a great start.
This opportunity is for you if you are:
- building or gearing up to build an online course.
- adapting a face-to-face course for online delivery.
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register
Online Learning Institute (OLI)
Delivery: Varies
Duration: Varies (30 hours total)
OLI is intended to be a comprehensive course redesign experience. Participants will either work on an online course that they are developing or redeveloping or on a face-to-face course that they are converting to be online. By the end of OLI, you will have designed a course that meets or exceeds established best practices for online learning.
We are currently accepting expressions of interest for our next offering of OLI so that we can best meet the needs of participants. If you are interested, please complete this short form or email learnsupport@viu.ca and we will be in touch.