Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning is a four-week professional development training class delivered asynchronously online via Blackboard. OTL 101 is an introduction to the Blackboard course management system and an overview of course design and pedagogical considerations for online teaching and learning. The assignments build on one another to create a basic sequence of instruction that will help learners cultivate skills and techniques for online course development. To facilitate the design and organization of course materials, learners will each be given access to an individual practice course in Blackboard. Learners will interact with the course instructor and fellow online instructors in an asynchronous online format while creating online-course content.

Learners will learn the following skills:

- Analyze the ways instructors and learners interact through technology as the first step toward designing an effective online course.
- Design an integrated plan for an online course that balances teaching strategies, learner needs, and a variety of online technology.
- Develop a basic sequence of instruction in Blackboard that applies this course design to specific tools in the course management system.
- Implement the materials to be used in the sequence of instruction, including adapting content for text, images, audio, video, and other media formats.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the instructional designs of several participants through a process of peer- and self-evaluation, with a focus on how the designs achieve a balanced, integrated approach to online teaching and learning.
- Demonstrate effective teaching and learning strategies appropriate to an online course through active participation in all course discussions and activities.
- Apply all relevant OTC Online guidelines and expectations for the development and delivery of online courses.

This course is 8 weeks long and earns OTC employees 3 CEUs of Professional Development. Fees are as follows:

- OTC Employee: $50** OR you may use the OTC faculty tuition waiver form https://intra.otc.edu/id/hr/Tuition-FeeWaiversOTC.pdf.
- Non-OTC Employees: $200**

To register or for more information, please email your request to online@otc.edu, along with your OTC faculty tuition waiver form if applicable.

**OTC Online training courses are offered on limited basis; scheduling of OTC Online training courses is determined by identified need and levels of interest. Completion of OTC Online training courses does not imply a guarantee of a teaching appointment at OTC or any other institution. Enrollment cannot begin until fees are paid or tuition waivers are received.