When teaching in an online environment, it is absolutely essential that the instructor—and by extension all aspects of the course—be carefully and completely organized
Effective time management prevents overload!
Planning ahead, managing administrative tasks, discipline, and keeping organized can help reduce the overworking for the teacher.
Creating a schedule is one of the best time management tools available. This schedule must be altered at times as you progress through courses.
I like the focus and the thought of setting priorities for work and family time. Need to have work time but be able to sperate too.
what's really important is l managing the workload of anline course is to assure an effective course.
Using a template for common communication is a good idea and something I plan to try.
Time management is important. Separating personal things from work things is also important. You don't have to be available 24/7 just because the classs is available during that time.
Athough time managment has become somewhat of a cliche in this modern world, it's more about blocking time, priortizing and goal setting. Having these things in mind will prevent burn out for botht he insturctors and the students.
Plan ahead. Know the road map and provide a clear map to your students to follow. Set up your time schedule and be efficient. Create a word doc with common answers to help you reply to students questions without type the same thing several times. The more organized you are before the class starts, the easier time managment will be teaching the course.
Just dumping material on students can easily overload students and faculty. Planning a controlled release of information in a thoughtful way can eliminate much (if not all) of the overload felt.
As we are now teaching online, the main thing is to have a plan in advance just as you would in the actual classroom. Always!
How important managing time is and being well organized. Anticipating what the students might ask or need ahead of time will minimize my admin workload.
Because students can work in the online platform at anytime an instructor can easier get pulled into being available 24-7. So plan a schedule and try to stick to it.
This section of our lesson was focused on manaement skills. Time, workload, communications, etc. are all taken into consideration when you are attepting to manage an online course. Be thorough with your expectations and guidelines from the begining of the course to avboid confusion later.
Managing administratively helps prevent teacher and student burnout. Plan for reserved times to get back to students and communicate when that will be. Model leadership and remember you are in the public eye. Make expectations for the class explicit as soon as you can from course beginning so students can plan.
Create for yourself a schedule. Make sure to find a balance between teaching and your personal life. Organization, Time Management and Discipline are key.
Being proactive by planning ahead of time is the key to successful time mamgement when teaching online.
Workload Management Strategies for Teaching Online --> WLMS for Teaching Online
To manage the workload as an online instructor, you should focus on three areas, 1. manage the time and course, 2.establish rules and regulations and 3. demonstrate leadership qualities.
I have learnt important characteristics necessary to be successful as an online instructor, challenges, four types of online delivery models, stategies for managing administrative tasks and how to prioritize time for work and personal responsibilities.
I plan to prioritize, organize and plan the administrative roles of my course so as to reduce time wasting during delivery and be on my way to becoming successful.
Planning, organization, communication, regulations, policies and time/workload management are key.
