1. TRAINING FOR ONLINE
TEACHING
II. Interaction

2. Types of interaction
• Learner – Interface • Interaction with Compass
• Learner – Content • Interaction with online materials,
readings, video, all content
• Learner – Learner • Interaction with class and teams
• Learner – Instructor • Interaction with instructor
• One to one • Email, messages, individual activ.
• One to many • Discussions, presentations
• Many to many • Discussions, presentations,

3. Types of individual activities
• Journal
• Good for reflections,
chronological writings
• Blog
• Similar to journal but can
be shared with others
• Assignments (Submit a
document via
Compass)
• Assessment (Submit a
M/Choice or quizzes or
tests, usually self
graded)

4. Types of activities for
“one2many” or “many2many”
• Discussion board • Social media or for
• Answer to a questions COLLABORATION
• Reactions to comment or • Wiki (what is it?)
video or reading • Good for team papers
• Review others’ postings • Samples of wikis
• Point counterpoint • Blog (what is it?)
• Share an experience • Good for individual work with
reviews through participation.
• Identify commonalities,
• Good as journal, for reflections,
contrast, differences, …
summaries or ideas.
• Justify, explain, provide
• Voicethread (what is it?)
clarification
• Good for sharing ideas,
• Communicate with class, questions and comments in
team, instructor, TA multiple formats

5. Delivery system
• Private
ISSUES
• Public .ACCESS/PRIVACY
• Blogs Needed after semester is over?
– Institutional
• Wikis Too many URLs to go to?
• Public Cloud
Can others see it? • LMS
• Dropbox .GRADES / INFO • Wiki
• Youtube Grades or personal information
• Wiki should not be shared • Blog
OPTIONS should be given, • eMail
(institutional and public)
• Storage
. STORAGE / LIFE CYCLE/Backup
What if provided disappears? • Journal
How much can I store?
Does it host different file types?

6. Time Synchronous
(for presentations, Q&A, or
• Asynchronous consulting; and to infuse teacher’s or
(when students need time to think class presence)
and elaborate before responding)
• Discussion boards
– Webconference (by
• Blogs
group or whole
• Wikis
class) Or by
appointment
If they do not participate in web conference
- Watch the recording and post questions - Tweet
or answers
- Whole class post questions before the - Chat
web conference, that will be addressed
by the instructor. If they did not - Skype
participate, they have to watch to find the
answers
to those questions

7. Instructional steps within the week
(interaction with content/class/team)
Before QUIZ? M/C? Myth or reality? What do you
know about? Watch and say what you think…
Watch and do… reactions to topic, opinions,
During true/false, what if? Impact? Team work
Post quiz, write up, evaluate, compare, do,
After draw, produce…individually or in teams

8. Instructional steps
(interaction with content/class/team)
• BEFORE
• how ready is the student for this topic,
• what does he/she know,
• what does he/she need to know to be ready
• DURING
• How is the student going to interact with the content
• AFTER
• Now what?
• How much does this become part of what comes after?

9. Guide to Activities in Compass 2G
• CITES TUTORIALS
• http://www.cites.illinois.edu/illinoiscompass/instructorreso
urces2g.html
• Help for Instructors in Blackboard
• http://help.blackboard.com/instructor/index.htm
• Other links for help
• http://business.illinois.edu/elearning/tutorials/