Guidelines for Successful Online Teaching and Analysis

 Study

Teaching in the Savior’s Way outlines five principles of Christlike teaching: 

• Focus on Jesus Christ 
• Love those you teach 
• Teach by the Spirit 
• Teach the doctrine 
• Invite diligent learning 

These five principles help teachers know where to focus their time and effort in improving their teaching skills. "Guidelines for Successful Online Teaching" lists teaching practices that help online teachers apply the principles of Christlike teaching in an online learning environment. These practices enable online learners to feel connected to each other, the lesson material, and the teacher. When this connection happens, it is easier for online learners to come closer to Christ, increase their knowledge and love of God, and serve God by reaching out in compassion toward all His children.

Use Teaching in the Savior’s Way and "Guidelines for Successful Online Teaching" together to increase your online teaching ability. The practices below include accompanying guidelines that you can use to evaluate your online teaching practices. Counseling with your local seminary and institute representative, use the guidelines to determine where you do well and what areas could use improvement as you strive to better help learners build faith in Jesus Christ and become more like Him.

Guidelines for Successful Online Teaching

Analysis Activity

As you prepare for this activity, consider the following:

• Be ready to analyze teacher performance scenarios.
• Be ready to distinguish which practices exemplify a successful online teacher and which exemplify a developing online teacher.

You will be presented with three total questions. The first two questions will be formatted as scenarios. The third will ask you to reflect on your own teaching practice. This review should take you no more than seven minutes to complete.