Resources and recommendations for digital education
Here you will find recommendations for getting started with digital education, such as how to successfully transition courses to an online format and how to utilize existing knowledge and support at KTH. There are also tips on online communication and how to evaluate and share your course materials with other teachers.
Successful course transition to an online format
The digitalization of course components inevitably bring changes that can impact students and instructors, in both positive and negative ways. By making informed decisions and employing strategic approaches, these challenges can be effectively managed, preserving the course’s objectives while exploring new pedagogical opportunities. This text presents recommendations, resource links, and common pitfalls to avoid in order to facilitate the transition.
Successful course transition to an online format
Use existing knowledge and support
Do not overly complicate your planning for your course with digital elements, start simple and supported by existing knowledge. KTH has many support resources and quality-assured digital tools that are there for you to use! Research what your colleagues are using for different teaching and assessment methods to see if you can use some combination of them in your course.
Use existing knowledge and support
The importance of communication and social elements in digital education
Clear communication is especially important for digital education because the structure of different courses often varies greatly. The students need to understand your course structure, your expectations of them and how to contact you, among other things. The variety is also why you should encourage social interaction and interaction between the students, it is not obvious what they can and are allowed to do together.
The importance of communication and social elements in digital education
Evaluate the course and share your knowledge
To further develop your course, you need to evaluate it and discuss your experiences of your course layout with other teachers. KTH provides tools to evaluate your course and encourages collegial collaboration. You can participate in various arenas at KTH that are designed to share knowledge and experiences between colleagues. With Canvas Commons, you can easily share your course material and take part of other people's material.
Evaluate the course and share your knowledge