Online Course Peer Review

At a presentation the peer review leaders were giving at LSC’s August 2007 duty day, one of the participants mentioned that seeing what others do in their online classrooms is extremely helpful for generating new online teaching ideas. We all agreed, of course! Taking it a step further, he suggested that we coordinate a series of presentations that would give online faculty the opportunity to show others how they teach online. A pretty simple idea that really makes a lot of sense!

So…fall semester I asked online instructors who had gone through the peer review process to consider sharing what they do online. These presentations averaged seven or eight participants—not a bad start — and the discussions that resulted were excellent. This semester, I’m lining up six or seven more sessions. Learning from each other can only help to improve the quality of courses overall. Interested in presenting? Attending a session? Please let me know!