Teaching During COVID-19 - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Workshops and Events

CETL Workshops and Coffee & Conversations are 1-hour online sessions. Sign up on our Workshops page.

Lilly Teaching and Learning Conference: Online

November 30-December 4. Registration cost covered by CETL.

OU Teaching Community on eSpace

This eSpace is an easy place to share teaching ideas and pose questions to faculty across campus. While CETL and e-LIS will curate resources from faculty, this is a faculty-led space for faculty. Enroll in the Teaching Community eSpace.

Key Resources from e-LIS

Help Library provides help docs and video demonstrations of key learning technologies such as Zoom, Moodle Quiz, and many other tools.
Self-paced Online Teaching Workshop, new on-demand course (4 hours, although you can browse and participate in select portions as needed)
Faculty Guide to Online Teaching
Student Guide to Online Learning

Other OU Resources for Faculty

Return to Campus. The Academic Experiences page provides guidance on class formats and considerations for specific class formats and instruction modes.
Tips for Planning Your Semester. While written with Fall 2020 in mind, these tips are written for a variety of teaching situations during COVID-19.
The recommended OU Syllabus Template has been updated with COVID-19-related policies and considerations. See this and more on the Syllabus Resources page.
Examination and Assessment Guide

Supporting Students in Challenging Times

OU Student Resources for Online Learning. Offers students a help library to prepare for learning online, main guiding documents such as the Student Guide to Online Learning, a sample online course, and more.
OU Resource for Student Immediate Needs. Made with the Dean of Students office, this brief list explains resources and services available for students material and mental health needs. Share with students directly and include in your syllabus and on Moodle.
Trauma-Informed Pedagogy acknowledges how traumatic experiences interrupt learning and supports students through these struggles. While faculty cannot be mental health experts, we can create supportive environments that reduce barriers to learning.
Ask Students Early On. While addressing the beginning of the semester, these two similar tips and resources can be used throughout the semester to check in with students.

Teaching Tips

Browse these and more on CETL's Teaching Tips blog.

Other Online and COVID-Relevant Teaching Resources

HyFlex is a popular course design that provides ultimate flexibility by allowing students to choose at any point whether they participate in a course online/on-campus, synchronous/asynchronous. See a HyFlex Course Design Example (Google Doc guide by Kevin Kelly, San Francisco State University), plus podcast episodes in the Podcasts section.
Online Teaching Resources, compiled by Dave Comier based on timely call for the most important and relevant resources on online teaching.
Oakland University Professor shares online learning tips, from Phyllis White
Authentic Teaching and Connected Learning in the Age of COVID-19 (5-minute read)
Tips for Exams and Alternative Assessments. This guide from Rutgers lists drawbacks to proctored remote exams and specific advice for quantitative courses.
Alternatives to the Traditional Exam as Measures of Student Learning Outcomes (6-minute read)
Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely (Rice University)
Adjusted Syllabus Statement (1 page)
Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure (Chronicle of Higher Education)
How to Cope in Extraordinary Times, 4-hour online course through University of Toronto (register by May 22, 2020)

Podcasts

Webinars and Videos

Create a Makeshift Document Camera (2-minute video)
Effective Online Instruction Webinars, from ACUE (Webinars took place April 2-20, but include video recordings and resources): Led by renowned online educators from a variety of disciplines.