We are the Program for Online Teaching, a group of volunteer faculty helping other faculty teach better online.

Our focus is on pedagogy as the guiding force for using technologies for teaching.

Many of us are from MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California. MiraCostans may access the Teaching/Technology Innovations Center for technical help, resources, news and more.

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The POT Network

  • POT Diigo group
    (see tutorial on how to save bookmarks)
  • POT Facebook group
  • POT Vimeo Channel (workshops)
  • POT YouTube Channel
  • Twittter (please use hashtag #potcomm)

POT Newsletter #35 (September 2011)

The next First Friday and F2F workshops are October 7

2:00-2:50 Sue Simpson’ Creating Meaningful Discussion in an Asynchronous Environment How do you encourage dialogue among students, regarding current and topical subject matter, in an asynchronous environment? Wimba voiceboard allows simulation of the classroom discussion without requiring students to write excessively.“In many virtual learning environments, […]

Catch the Wave: Explore MiraCosta’s Professional Development Resources for Online Educators

Catch the Wave: Explore MiraCosta’s Professional Development Resources for Online Educators from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

POT workshop on 16 August 2011 with Jim Sullivan. From the Program for Online Teaching’s home page to MiraCosta’s Blackboard training workshops and Pedagogy First (a blog where MiraCosta faculty share tools and reflect on their online […]

Jing – Show Your Online Students What You Are Talking About

Jing – Show Your Online Students What You Are Talking About from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

With Robert Kelley and Jim Sullivan, for POT workshop on 16 August 2011. Jing makes integrating video into your online class a breeze – whether it is for sharing mini-lecturettes, replies to students, demos, or providing students […]

Setting up an Edublog

Lisa describes how to set up your first blog.

A New Wardrobe for Blackboard

A New Wardrobe for Blackboard: Technical Basics of Instructional Design with Andrea Petri and Laura Paciorek, from 16 August 2011 workshop at MiraCosta.

Workshop participants will learn some beginning strategies for instructional design using Blackboard. Includes course examples and a demonstration of how to design content including creating tables, inserting images, and laying out learning […]