PoRTAL: Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning

Prepare learners for the real world by implementing an authentic learning approach that designs learning tasks in real-life situations aiming to support successful knowledge transfer to new contexts.

Use case-based learning as a strategy to motivate learners and help them gain experience with real-world problems presented as stories set in professional contexts.

Improve your online course discussions by facilitating dialogue during different times of your online course.

Become a facilitator in your online course and give learner centered instruction in your online courses.

Use journaling with your students to encourage self-reflection, to encourage critical thinking, and to build rapport in the online environment.

Develop your teaching persona to build rapport with your online students.

Apply strategies to post purposefully and to promote critical thinking and support the development of a learning community.

Create effective and satisfying online learning experiences for students and teaching experiences for instructors.

Get ready to teach online. Learn to transfer f2f teaching expertise to online teaching skills.

Create a comfortable environment to promote interaction among students and between students and instructor to promote learning.

Make your synchronous sessions interactive and engaging.

Evaluate your online course using the Course Design and Development Rubric. Familiarize with the resources to evaluate your online courses.

Use the Community of Inquiry framework to establish teaching, social, and cognitive presences in your online course.

Build cultural competence to address the individual needs of online students. Apply practical suggestions to make a culturally sensitive online course.

Apply strategies to encourage the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes by students.

Maximize student success with multiple means of engagement, representation, action and expression.

Provide your online students with the skills and competencies required to meet the needs of the 21st century workplace.

Engage your online students using gamification strategies and tools.

Teach correct use of information by integrating information literacy in your online course.

Adopt Open Educational Resources to customize course materials, improve student satisfaction, and reduce student posts.

Build teams, create team agreements and promote team activities for greater collaboration and learning

Check for accessibility in your online course through these quick tips and resources

Identify Copyright best practices and resources for your online course

Apply "word to the wise" strategies to manage your online course and guide online learners.

Equip yourself with tools and techniques to prevent plagiarism and to secure online instructional materials and assessments.

Design a syllabus that lists expectations for course delivery, class participation, assignments, and communication.