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For many of us, classtime is moving partly or completely online.  Whether we have full-fledged online classes or simply add online discussion to our traditional classrooms, it is important how we respond to students in online forums.  If this describes you, you will appreciate this short article by Errol Craig Sull, an expert in online instruction, “Creating Effective Responses to Student Discussion Postings” (Faculty Focus, June 2, 2011).  Sull offers several ideas you might find helpful.

We keep finding more and more faculty being thrust into the challenge of online teaching.  Many of the supplements for our text books are designed to support faculty teaching online.  Those of us who have taught at a distance know that the biggest challenge can be the time it takes.   If that describes you, you might find it helpful to read the ten strategies used by Deborah Raines and described in this blog post “Be Efficient, Not Busy:  Time Management Strategies for Online Teaching,” (Faculty Focus, January 24, 2011).