Principles for Effective Remote and Online Teaching

  1. Quality: Commit to quality education practices
    1. Maximize opportunities for interaction, engagement, communication, and community with and among students for all modalities.
    2. Provide timely, regular feedback to students.
    3. Establish structure and consistency to support student success.
    4. Utilize known evidence-based, effective practices (see Practices).
  2. Accountability: Commit to quality and supportive assessment (of student learning, and faculty practices)
    1. Document work (of faculty, and students) that is often hidden, e.g., designing new curricula, spending more time on office hour, making student flexibility plans.
    2. Support continuous improvement (for students and faculty).
    3. Maintain academic integrity and learning goals.
    4. Hold students and faculty accountable (see Required Practices).
  3. Support: Attend to the needs of faculty and students and their well-being:
    1. Ensure reasonable workload for instructors and students.
    2. Recognize lived experiences of faculty and students (e.g., family, work, health).
    3. Foster a positive course community in which both student and faculty can thrive.
    4. Proactively provide mechanisms to connect individual or groups of faculty to specific instructional resources and support.
    5. Develop departmental communication plans to ensure that all instructors are aware of guidelines, practices, and resources and can share expertise and efforts.
  4. Flexibility: Build adaptability into all teaching plans
    1. Plan to adapt to changing circumstances (e.g., when an instructor becomes ill or when students are quarantined).
    2. Define requirements at the department level (e.g., curriculum, teaching assignments).
    3. Be prepared to shift modalities based on campus-level directives.