New Instructor Orientation: Preparing Faculty to Facilitate Online Courses
Abstract
This is a case study of a new instructor orientation course that was developed to prepare faculty to facilitate courses in a university’s online programs. This case provides a detailed description of the course (including screenshots), the rationale for the design decisions, the theoretical and pedagogical frameworks that guided the design, and the results from course participant and Academic Director surveys. Overall, the course participants and Academic Directors rated this orientation highly and provided constructive comments for improvement. This case may provide ideas for other online learning design teams or institutions looking for an illustrative example of new instructor orientations to prepare faculty for facilitating online courses.