July 7, 2009

Strategies for Managing the Online Workload

By Jason Rhode in Best Practices, Resources, Videos | 3 comments

One of the foremost concerns of online instructors is that teaching online requires more time than the traditional face-to-face classroom setting. The Strategies for Managing the Online Workload (SMOW) video podcast offers a collection of short descriptions, tips, techniques, and methods developed and used by experienced online educators to manage their time more effectively in the online teaching environment. *Note – The free iTunes software is required in order to download and view the video podcast episodes.

Here’s a video introduction to the podcast by Larry Regan, Director of Instructional Design and Development, Penn State University World Campus:

Additional contributions to this collection are welcomed. If you have an idea of how to save time when teaching online, contact Larry Ragan at Penn State University at lcr1@psu.edu for additional information on how to add your idea to this collection.

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3 Comment(s)

  1. Jean Stone | Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

    As someone new to teaching online, this subject is one of considerable interest to me. I checked the SMOW offering out and tried downloading one of the videopodcasts. There are 57 individual videos, most of which are just a few minutes long. The titles are specific enough so that the reader can determine whether or not a particular video is worth downloading. This is a tool I’m going to explore further.

  2. Don McCormick | Aug 11, 2009 | Reply

    I followed the link to iTunes and found five podcasts with incomprehensible names and no description. I have no idea what OIF-Student Tech Survey-Harwood refers to. I could not find 57 podcasts. Eventually I figured out that the link on this page led me to the “Other Podcasts” tab in iTunes page for this. I hadn’t noticed that there were two tabs. When I clicked on the other tab, I found the 57 podcasts.

  3. Jason Rhode | Aug 12, 2009 | Reply

    Yes, it appears that PSU has added some additional podcast episodes in the “Other Podcasts” tab. When you click the link to launch in iTunes, you’ll see 2 tabs. Click the tab for “Strategies for Managing the Online Workload” to access all 57 episodes.

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