by Evelyn Beck

It will take longer than you think. That’s some of the wisdom offered by one course designer about the process of moving your traditional classroom on-line. Cynthia McIntyre, an on-line designer and instructor for The Concord Consortium in Concord, Mass., finds that new on-line teachers are surprised by the amount of time involved not only in creating a course, but also in facilitating it. In an attempt to quantify that excess, David Mogk, a professor of geology at Montana State University-Bozeman, suggests in some teaching tips he has posted at http://www. scienceteacher.org, that on-line instructors should take the number of hours they think they’ll need to teach an on-line course and then multiply that number by [pi] to arrive at a more realistic estimate.

With the growing recognition of the demands of teaching on-line come an abundance of timesaving tips. McIntrye, for example, recommends creating a technology FAQ (frequently asked questions) sheet, using templates to write feedback, and checking into the course at regular times rather than making yourself available 24/7.

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