The online classroom can be a disorienting experience for teachers and students alike. Aaron Johnson knows this firsthand. He has invested over a decade of his career designing online courses and teaching high school students in both the online and blended contexts. His years coaching graduate professors as they make their first forays into this new world of online education make this book applicable for faculty in both post-secondary and higher education. The thesis of Excellent Online Teaching is simple: The excellent online teacher must develop a certain set of habits, and those habits are fueled by cultivating a sense of connection with your students. Here are just some of the tools and skills you'll develop as you work through the book: Strategies for connecting with your students ; Effective ways to save time in grading ; Ways to give your students meaningful feedback ; How to communicate effectively in the online environment ; How to begin and end your course with excellence ; How to effectively facilitate online discussion. -- Page 4 of cover.

"Because online education is a rapidly developing field, the author has produced a companion website for Excellent Online Teaching where you'll have access to additional resources."--Cover.

Am I ready? -- Where do I begin? -- How do I communicate well with my students? -- How do I start each week? -- What do I do with failing students? -- What's the most important thing? -- How do I connect with my students? -- How do I grade discussions? -- How do I give feedback? -- What sort of feedback do my students need? -- Can my class really become a community? -- More ideas for facilitating threaded discussions. -- Four essential qualities of an awesome online teacher -- Communicating your unique voice -- Improving your game -- Finishing well.