Advanced Online Teaching Strategies will run from Monday, October 21 through Sunday, November 10, 2019.

Advanced Online Teaching Strategies (AOTS) is an optional three-week online course covering topics and materials that build upon the teaching techniques covered in the Online Teaching Essentials course. AOTS addresses critical areas of online teaching including engagement and interaction, active learning, and authentic assessment. 

Participants will learn the pedagogical foundation for choosing to use various types of technology tools available through Blackboard that promote student engagement such as discussion boards, blogs, wikis, and journals. During the course, participating faculty apply pedagogical principles to their technology-inclusion decisions so as to best support student learning and engagement. Participants leave the course with the skills to apply these concepts beyond the Blackboard platform.

Certification to teach online at St. John’s is a prerequisite for enrolling in the AOTS course.  Please ensure you are qualified to teach online prior to registering for this faculty development course. 

Approximately 6 – 8 hours per week of online participation is required for the full three weeks to complete the advanced online teaching strategies course. Participation in this course is asynchronous, which means that there will be no face-to-face sessions or required dates/times when you must login. You may participate on your own schedule; however, all course assignments must be submitted by the stated deadlines in the syllabus in order to successfully complete the course and obtain certification.

The course is taught in a cohort model and is facilitated by current St. John’s University faculty with considerable online teaching experience. Enrollment is capped at 20 students per session.

If you have any questions about the course, please contact:

Laura Andrews
Senior Secretary, Online Learning and Services
andrewsl@stjohns.edu
718-990-3926