Selected
teaching resources to help you prepare to teach online developed by
VITAL.
- Guidelines and Resources
- Teaching Online Resources
- Guiding Practices for Setting Up Your Course in an
LMS (pdf). A guide with practices that can also be
applied in online teaching and learning environment.
- "Friendly Advice for Teaching Online,"
a video of Villanova faculty who share recommendations for teaching
online.
- Online Course Design
- Teaching Your Course Online: This self-paced course introduces the Community of Inquiry framework as a flexible, research-supported approach to online teaching. Faculty will explore practical strategies for establishing teaching, social, and cognitive presence in their online courses to support student connection, engagement, and meaningful learning, grounded in Villanova's commitment to community-centered education.
- Converting Your Face-to-Face Class into an Online
Course (pdf)
- Applying the Flipped Classroom Model to Online
Learning (video)
- Applying the Learning-Centered Principles to Online
Teaching and Learning
- Building Online Learning
Community
- Building Online Community of Inquiry (Social,
Teaching, and Cognitive Presence): Rational and Examples (pdf)
- "Promoting Social Presence in Online Courses," a video of Villanova faculty sharing best practices for enhancing online social presence.