EL112 - Workload Management Strategies for Teaching Online
This course will provide you with strategies and techniques to help you reduce your workload in the online environment. The course begins with an overview of good principles for education and questions to consider prior to developing Workload Management Strategies (WLMS). This course also provides WLMS for teaching online, communicating and collaborating, and revising your online course.
Course Reviews
Course Rating
"A course like this one crystalizes the varying parts that work together to provide successful online management for an online instructor. I would recommend this course to all my colleagues."
"Very nice course. Well structured!"
"Extremely helpful and useful!"
"I found the course to be very interesting. I have printed up the modules for additional reading and to use as a resource. "
"This course had some great tips on time management techniques while teaching an online course. It seems promoting significant student-student interaction and interdependence is important in not getting bogged down with student questions and emails. I liked the suggestion of including not only a FAQ but also a FAQT for technology issues and concerns. Also, keeping links and other documents in one folder will be a technique I will incorporate. Often links to external media such as YouTube videos break and need to be replaced."
"This was probably the best MaxKnowledge course I have taken thus far. I learned many key skills to improving my planning, communicating, time management and course revision. These are skills that will be vital to the success for myself and the organization I work for. I plan to re-evaluate how I process my workload and revise my methods with these new skills I have learned."
"I would highly recommend this lesson to all CTE online instructors !!"
"Excellent material distributed. This was very helpful and will be used to advance myself in the knowledge of LMS efficiently. "
"The course was very useful and helpful for professional development as new course objectives, methodologies and technologies keep changing which makes continuous learning of new knowledge, skills and capabilities even more critical. "
"Excellent, LMS Online is a relevant and current subject. Thank you! "
"Very Informative and useful...thank you. I will recommend this course to my coworkers."
"I would enjoy having a course or a module specifically on building a dynamic syllabus. "
"Time management is the biggest understated activity that should be addressed for all online course delivery. Many faculty are lost due to the lack of expectation and preparation for time management. Good content as always."
"I enjoyed this course and found very informative. This course is in direct alignment with previous educational courses taken at Walden University. In the future plan on coming back to this course and finding other course to strengthen my professional development and career."
"This is very relevant now that most classes are online and instructors/teachers/educators need to make the information presented both relevant AND enticing to the learner. "
Course Structure
Course Format
- Can Start Anytime
- Self-paced (within course enrollment timeframe)
- 4 Hours of Activities
Completion Requirements
- Study Course Content
- Pass ALL Required Quizzes
Certificate of Completion
- 4 Hours of Continuing Education
- Available for download at the end of the course
Technology Requirements
- A Web browser with JavaScript and cookies enabled
- Adobe Flash Player
- Speakers or headphones
Course Objectives
Module 1: WLMS to Develop the Learning Environment
- Identify the principles for good practice in an online environment.
- Provide an overview of workload management strategies for an online environment.
- Explain effective time management skills for the online environment.
- Explain effective information management skills for the online environment.
- Examine instructor and technology support systems in an online environment.
Module 2: WLMS for Teaching Online
- Identify the characteristics of an effective online educator.
- Identify the challenges in teaching online.
- Develop appropriate online delivery models.
- Develop management strategies for administrative tasks.
- Examine the need for prioritizing teaching and life.
Module 3: WLMS for Communicating and Collaborating
- Identify strategies to communicate efficiently in an online environment.
- Develop strategies to manage workload regarding student communication.
- Develop ways to establish communication boundaries.
- Develop strategies for communicating feedback in an efficient manner.
- Examine your role as collaborator in an online course and its impact on workload.
Module 4: WLMS for Course Revisions
- Identify the need for professional development as a WLMS.
- Make a plan and develop strategies for gathering data.
- Develop methods to manage dynamic course elements.
- Examine strategies for completing formative and summative course revisions.
- Develop methods for maintaining a course history.
Module 5: Community TV
- NA
Lounge Group
This course provides you with a lifelong peer-to-peer learning opportunity through a specific Performance Group created within the Career College Lounge, a learning community of career college professionals. This allows you to learn and share with your peers at any time you want, even after you complete the course.
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