Teaching Strategies for Remote Courses

The following resources offer teaching strategies for remote teaching. To learn about remote teaching and learning strategies from UofG faculty, instructors, and staff, visit our Teaching Talks Webinar Series page.

General Effective Practices for Teaching Remotely 

• Key Effective Practices in Remote Teaching and Course Design 
• Balancing Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching 

Building Community and Connection and Supporting Students’ Well-Being;

• Create a Get to Know You Student Survey 
• Accessible Education Resources (Diversity and Human Rights Office)  
• Tips for Accessibilty when Moving to Online Course Delivery (Accessibility Services) 
• Building Belongingness, Community, and Connection in Remote Courses 
• Gather Mid-Semester Feedback from Students to Inform your Teaching 
• Supporting Students’ Self-Regulated and Self-Directed Learning 
• Teaching Threshold Concepts

Using Active and Collaborative Learning to Support Student Learning and Engagement Synchronous Active Learning 

• Synchronous class sessions (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 18-20) 
• Designing and Implementing Synchronous Active Learning 
• Synchronous Active Learning Activities  
  • Polling (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 23) 
  • Think-Pair-Share (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 27) 
  • Small Group Discussions (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 28 & 30) 
• 8 Active Learning Strategies

Asynchronous Active Learning 

• Designing and Implementing Asynchronous Active Learning    
• Asynchronous Active Learning Activities   
  • Online Group Work (CRDI Assess Planning Guide, p. 34-35) 
  • Online Discussions (CRDI Assess planning guide, p. 32-33) 
  • Minute Paper (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 24) 

Classroom Management, Course Communication, and Logistics 

• Should I share my learning outcomes with students? 
• Classroom Management of Non-Academic Misconduct in the Remote Environment
• Course Weekly Routine: How will I structure my course? (CRDI PCS planning guide, p. 5-7 and 14) 

Lecturing, Sharing Content, and Creating Videos 

• Sharing Content and Demonstrating Skills (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 13-14) 
• Lectures, Guest Speakers, Demonstrations, and Simulations (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 15) 
• Asynchronous Lectures, Presentations, and Demonstrations: Creating Effective Videos (CRDI T&L planning guide, p. 16-17) 

Selecting Teaching Tools and Technologies 

• Evaluating Teaching Tools and Resources (CRDI T&L activities planning guide, p 32-34) 
• OpenEd’s resources for Teaching Remotely, Web Conferencing, Educational Technologies Instructional Videos, Instructional Technology Webinar Series, and Digital Tools for Assessment and Active Learning