Online Teaching and Learning, Teaching Strategies and Techniques

The Teaching Practices of Award-Winning Online Faculty

By John Orlando
May 18, 2020

Swapna Kumar, Florence Martin, Kiran Budhrani, and Albert Ritzhaupt (2019) recently released the results of a study of the practices of online teachers who had won awards from one of three professional organizations. These practices, summarized below, can serve as guides for all online teachers.

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