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Online instructors need Basic Skills to form a base for the use of pedagogical competencies

Important Considerations

• How to train?
• What to train?
• Who to train?
• Is Competency a requirement or a suggestion?
• How will competency be determined?

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Faculty feel confident
• Students benefit
• Less support required

Cons

• Lots of training required to achieve competency
• Faculty resistance and contract issues
• How to measure competency?

Basic Technology Skills

Online instructors need basic technology skills to form a base for the use of pedagogical competencies.

• The ability to operate a personal computer within one of the campus’ standard operating systems (Windows, Macintosh)
• Ability to use standard programs like Microsoft Office, Google Docs, YouTube
• Select and save document in appropriate formats (RTF, Web page, .mp4) for student use
• Ability to use standard campus email application(s)

Pedagogic Competencies

• Planning the course
• Designing the site, or using the course management system
• Presenting content in a variety of ways
• Facilitating asynchronous discussion
• Providing feedback
• Assessing student learning
• Evaluating student performance

How to Assess PedagogicCompetencies?

• Take online courses where those topics are the content (MVCR)
• Peer evaluation of ongoing course
• End of term student evaluations
• Other?