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)

POT Online: Show and Tell

Join our online sessions in Spring as MiraCosta’s online profs show and talk about their classes, with time for questions. We will meet online from 7-8:20 pm Pacific Time on the Third Thursday of each month to tour through a class or two, emphasizing the goals and creativity of the course’s creator. You may come […]

POT workshop Wednesday, January 18: Teaching and Learning in Canvas

Wednesday, January 18 1:30-4:20 pm Oceanside campus room 1201 (in the Library)

Facilitators: Robert Kelley and Sean Davis

This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the perspectives of learning and teaching using the Canvas learning management system. Participants will learn how the system works through a series of practice activities, and explore how to facilitate […]

POT Camp starts October 3

The Program for Online Teaching presents our professional development camp running six weeks starting October 3, celebrating the joy of teaching online.

Each week we’ll explore a topic through reading, take a short quiz, discuss an issue, and create something cool.

The theme for our 2016 Camp is The Context of Online Teaching: Education […]

Fall 2016 workshops

For fall flex week (our Fall semester POT Camp is coming soon!)

The Dark Side of OEI Tuesday, August 16 — 8 pm PT Online

Workshop description: The Online Education Initiative promises to bring all California community colleges together into a common LMS, common rubrics and common goals for online teaching. In doing […]

Spring 2016 flex week schedule

Join us for our upcoming workshops in January. If you are a MiraCosta College faculty member, sign up at MCC’s Flex Page. Faculty from all colleges are welcome at all workshops. Online teachers, facilitators and faculty from anywhere in the world may join our online workshops.

Online workshops

Tuesday, Jan 19 7-7:50 pm Pacific Time […]