ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at some of the key characteristics of teaching online. If a teacher in New York is teaching an on-site class, or if an online class is being taught in real time, it is happening synchronously, as teacher and learners are communicating within the same time frame. Asynchronous online study is really the only convenient possibility for international or global online study because of the time differences. A learning management system (LMS) can be, and usually is, the program used to create and manage an online course. Because students have different approaches to how they do things online, the actual time the learner spends online in an asynchronous online class is not taken into consideration. Make learners aware early on that deadlines will help them structure their time in an online course. Frequently remind them of this through online course announcements that are posted in the LMS and simultaneously emailed to students.
