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)

Spring Semester POT workshops

We’re still adding them, but so far:

Friday, February 7, 2:30 online (see World Clock) – WordPress Q&A Wordpress website platform is available to all MiraCostans, and can be used for creating your own blog or a blog for a whole class. Join us for this Q & A session for those who have recently […]

Flex Credit

Check with your college or university to see whether POT activities can be counted for professional development credit.

At MiraCosta College, faculty can get flex credit for many activities at the Program for Online Teaching, including:

Viewing recordings or presentations and reflecting in writing about them Reading articles from the POT reading list and writing […]

Cool Tools List

Online Tools Recommended by POT Faculty – for use on the web, free or close to it Web pages and site builders Google Sites (see Pilar’s tutorial) Wix (free, flash websites, easy to build) Weebly Online HTML editor (free- see tutorial by Lisa) Webnode (“wysiwyg” editor for building web pages and sites) Checkthis (instant web […]

Moodle workshop December 13

Fun with Moodle Lisa M. Lane

Moodle is a campus-sponsored alternative to Blackboard, providing a safe, easy-to-use system for setting up your class, whether fully online or to support a traditional class. Experienced Moodle instructors will discuss how they use the system and set up their classes. We’ll show some of the cool things Moodle […]

What would you like us to offer?

We hear you! Requests:

1. Twitter! – We will be offering an ExPLORE workshop on online professional development, including Twitter, on Friday, January 10 after the all-college event.

2. online videos that could be accessed later. I would love to attend some of the workshops but have commitments at the same time. – We record […]