Online Pedagogy--Teaching and Learning Strategies

What's different in the online classroom?

Since 2000, online education has spread rapidly across the United States and is expected to continue to grow. While the spread of online courses is important, success is dependent on the availability of trained online instructors to teach these courses.

In the virtual classroom, as in the traditional classroom, the teacher remains the single most important factor in a student's success.

As the National Education Association states in their recent Guide to Teaching Online Courses, "Good courses require good teachers. This is where the online opportunity provides the greatest opportunity, and the greatest challenge. Online teaching shares much with face to face teaching, but it also has a unique set of skills and requirements if educators are to teach well online."