Recommendations for conducting online and hybrid classes

Teachers are often not experts in (educational) technology, so it is important to provide clear and accessible instructions that explain how to transfer teaching content into digital form. Instructions include information on formats (PDF, DOCX, HTML), accessibility (contrast, alternative text, structure of titles and subtitles in the text), multimedia (videos with subtitles and transcripts) and optimal organization of content in an e-learning system, i.e. e-course. In addition to technical guidelines, such instructions should also contain pedagogical recommendations for sequencing content, including interactive elements, as well as ways to ensure the inclusiveness of materials for different categories of students. Practical examples, templates and illustrations from real e-courses additionally help teachers in the process of designing digital lessons and increase their independence in their work. Often, such instructions can also be in the form of checklists, i.e. reminders on how to perform some of the procedures for preparing teaching content if they have not done so for a long time.

Examples

1. E-Learning Support Centre of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb: Instructions for teachers: Adapting teaching materials for the online environment or How to prepare a course for delivery in an online environment
2. University North: Instructions for online classes
3. European Schoolnet Academy: Courses for teachers on digital pedagogy