An online learning coach shares tips about how to coach doctoral professors to teach online

1. 
Coaching Doctoral Professors
to Teach Online
Rob Darrow, Ed.D.
Sloan C, July 2012
http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

2. Coaching
• Start two months before start of course
• Start with professor’s content
• Ongoing dialogue/conversation
• Face-to-face, email, phone

3. Start With Syllabus
• Start “where they are at”
• “Listen” to assignments
• Ask what they would like to do

4. Professor Check List
• What “tech stuff” do you know?
• What functions in your course management
system (CMS) do you know?
• Anything you would like to do outside the
CMS?

5. Be “Present” When Class Starts
• Online with Professor
(e.g. Bb Collaborate or
Google Hangout or
Online Discussion)
• Attend class face-to-face if needed
• Interact / Email with professor and students

6. Pedagogy: Community of Inquiry
as Online Teacher
• Social Presence
• Cognitive Presence
• Teaching Presence

7. Pedagogy: Community of
Inquiry

8. Resources/Handouts
• robdarrow.wikispaces.com
Dr. Rob Darrow - rdarrow@inacol.org
Consultant/Online Learning Coach
California State University, Fresno
Director of Member Services,
International Association for K-12 Online Learning
(iNACOL – www.inacol.org )