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Do you know how to make a speaking avatar to teach your online class? What technological tools can you use to increase your online presence? Do you know the top 10 tips for becoming an excellent online instructor (hint: tip #5 is “attend an online conference”)?

It’s not too late! If you missed the live 5th annual Online Teaching and Learning Online Conference, you can still benefit from an amazing 10 hours jam-packed full of pedagogical tips, tools, and techniques to launch, enhance, or perfect your online teaching. You can hear directly with the front-running experts in the field and hundreds of colleagues, all from the comfort and convenience of your desktop.

The learning begins with sessions that focus on ‘The What’ of online teaching and learning – four 50-minute sessions showing you the concepts and pedagogies essential to your success as an online instructor:

  • Engagement
  • Content
  • Assessment
  • Workload management

All of that is then reinforced by ‘The How,’ where you’ll see four more sessions that discuss and demonstrate the practical tools you can use to apply the concepts to everyday practice.

Two Dynamic Keynotes will allow you to delve deeper into the place of online teaching and learning in higher education and examine the role mobile learning plays as well.

Whether you’re in an administrative position or an instructor, if you’re in search of a stronger foundation upon which to build expertise in online course design, development, instruction, and assessment you will benefit from this practical, innovative online opportunity for professional development. Based on the popular Jossey-Bass resources on online teaching and learning, the pre-recorded OTL Conference Online brings the books’ authors – as well as insight from community of hundreds of educators worldwide – right to your desktop.

Even if you missed the live event, those who purchase this special offer of the recorded conference can still participate in the discussion forums, and keep in touch with the community via The OTL Update, a FREE monthly e-newsletter filled with tips and tools from the experts.