You might find this article about how to manage online teacher workload effectively interesting. Would these ideas work for you?
From a Learnscope Online Chat Session:
Peter "hey teachniques was a typo - but I like it!"
Our next meeting will take place in Launceston at the Alanvale Campus on Monday September 1st, from 10.30am - 3.00pm.
We will start in A Block, Room A2-28 (Meeting Room) at 10:30am and then move to C2-40 (Computer Lab) after lunch.
The issues that we will be looking at will be:
- Administrative Practices/ Student Management in flexible delivery environment = identification of issues and possible solutions
- Developing a draft template for planning and recording teaching time
- Reflection on learning thus far (and planning remaining development needs)
- WebCT Skills - in the afternoon we will allocate time for progressing through the stages of WebCT training, investigating the student management aspects of WebCT and/or building an online evaluation quiz (following on from discussion at the videoconference) This section is open to individual needs and ideas on any features within WebCT that you would like to work on would be welcomed. The afternoon session can continue beyond 3.00 if people want to make the time available, but is purely optional.
Motivating Online Participants
"So, how do we motivate our online participants? Keep this list in mind when designing your online courses and interacting with your learners and you may be amazed at what a difference a little motivation makes."