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.

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)

Getting Started Teaching Online

MiraCosta College’s Program for Online Teaching workshop from August 2009 with Jim Sullivan and Lisa M. Lane.

Getting Started Teaching Online from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

Adventures in Online Pedagogy

Workshop from POT MiniConference 10 January 2010, with Jim Sullivan and Lisa M. Lane. Discusses implications of basic learning theories (instructivism, constructivism and connectivism) for online teaching. Presentation portion only — this was followed by group work (30 minutes).

Adventures in Online Pedagogy from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

The Program for Online Teaching

A video about the Program for Online Teaching created by the POT leadership and AIS video masters Jim Chardi and Willie Byrd for MiraCosta’s convocation meeting on 22 January 2009. Includes peeks at course design from Louisa Moon, Jill Malone, Lisa M Lane, Pilar Hernández, Robert Kelley. (7 minutes)

CyberCosta & Online Teaching from Program […]

Vibrant online discussion

Julie Vignato’s workshop from the Program for Online Teaching MiniConference, 21 January 2010. (44 minutes)

Vibrant Online Discussions from Program for Online Teaching on Vimeo.

Lisa’s online discussion technique

Slideshow with audio of my Weekly Discussion Two-Step technique:

The Weekly Discussion Two-Step from Lisa M Lane

Excerpted from our Adventures with Online Pedagogy workshop in January 2010, an explanation of how Lisa uses bifurcated weekly discussion, first with students collaboratively creating a collection of resources, followed by facilitation and guidance into constructing a thesis. […]