Kerrin's 2 cents' worth- Online Pedagogy
Please listen to Kerrin's "2 cents' worth" podcast. You can do podcast like these for your students as well. The office of Distance Education can assist you with this as well.
If you are going to use audio content for your class, the law requires you to provide a transcript or close caption it! "It's the law!"
Music: Prelude No. 23 by Chris Zabriskie, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Hello everyone, this is Kerrin McMahan speaking. Welcome to the online pedagogy class. We’ve tried to keep the theoretical stuff to a minimum so everyone can concentrate on practical applications. I’ve found over the years that experienced classroom teachers get set in their ways. I’m no exception to that. But when we move online we need to adapt the message to the medium. If you take only one thing away from this class, I hope it will be that teaching online means rethinking how we do our jobs. And it’s not a one-time-only task. It’s important to stay on top of your game and keep it fresh and engaging. I myself have been teaching philosophy for 23 years. I have been teaching online for 12 years, and helping others teach online for 11. I still don’t think I’m as good online as I am face-to-face, but I haven’t thrown in the towel. I continually want to tweak my course and make it better. I believe all of us want to do this. That means we have to pay attention to outcomes and be willing to adjust on the fly. Your online course is not a can students can open and consume on their own. They need you to feed them. Yes, that might mean spoon-feeding them at times, but that’s why we get the big bucks. This is just my two cents. See you online!