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| Planning for Online Teaching Frameworks for Interaction
Thoughtfulness in concept and preparation are vital in designing successful online courses. Raider outlines four important areas in thinking about how to make the best use of interactivity in an online course. The first area is concerned with enabling students to understand that their participation in online conferences will be part of their grade. The second area deals with using the Web as a tool in enhancing effective learning. The third and fourth areas relate to the instructor's role; on one hand, faculty members who teach online need to be aware of their virtual personality, but on the other hand should remember that the key to effective learning is interaction, whether online or in the classroom.
Professor Alfred S. Raider currently serves as Program Director of International Management and Associate Collegiate Professor of International Management and e-Commerce in the Graduate School at University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Professor Raider's professional background includes work in advertising, public relations, international trade and law. He has managed the movement of the International Management program to the World Wide Web and has been teaching courses online since 1998. Online courses which he has designed and taught include International Marketing, eMarketing, and Business Strategies for Europe. The latter course included a requirement that those enrolled, while normally separated by distance, travel together physically to Europe for a ten-day study tour. This project is a joint initiative of the Center for the Virtual University and the Center for Teaching and Learning at UMUC. © 1996-2005 University of Maryland University College |
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