Teaching Remotely

Successfully plan and deliver a high-quality remote learning experience

Principles

Start by understanding key principles that support successful remote learning.

Plan Your Course

Transform your pedagogy and lay out your course – pacing activities, choosing between live and recorded sessions, diversifying assessment, and centering access & equity.

Engage Students

Overcome online passivity and keep your students engaged using strategies for active learning, including collaboration, group work, and online discussions.

Build & Deliver

Identify technologies to build and deliver your course and classroom activities. Access how-to guidance and evidence-based practices that support student learning.

Check your readiness

Review the UW Course Readiness Checklist to make sure you feel prepared for online instruction!

Get help

Find support from experts and peers.

Drop-in office hours

Come at any time – arrive late, leave early!

Learning Technologies office hours (all UW instructors welcome)
UW Tacoma office hours (all UW instructors welcome)
UW Bothell Digital Learning office hours (all UW instructors welcome)

Technology Teaching Fellows Institute

July 12-16, 2021 – Online & asynchronous (with optional synchronous participation)

UW faculty are invited to apply for the Technology Teaching Institute. Work with colleagues, learning technologists, instructional consultants, and librarians to (re)design your course as fully online or hybrid. Engage in evidence-based practices for creating and sustaining equitable online environments while gaining hands-on experience using UW-supported technologies. Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on May 24.

Teaching Remotely Pop-Up Series

Sessions include best practices and essential aspects of effective remote instruction along with opportunities to share ideas and resources. View videos of past Pop-Up sessions.

Workshops: live and self-paced

Canvas, Zoom, and Panopto live workshops. Offered by UW Learning Technologies.
Teaching Online 101 course (asynchronous, with cohort and self-paced options; all UW instructors welcome). Enhance your digital course design and digital pedagogy skill set. 5-week cohort that launches Nov. 30th. Produced and delivered by UW Bothell.
Teaching Online 201 course (asynchronous, with cohort and self-paced options; all UW instructors welcome). 3-week, cohort-based course also launches November 30th. Produced and delivered by UW Bothell.
Accessible Technology webinar series on the last Thursday of each month, 3:00pm – 4:00pm. UW-IT Accessible Technology Services will host a webinar on a popular topic related to IT accessibility. Join the webinar series via Zoom (UW NetID authentication required).