Online Learning Syllabus Writing 
Cal Matters
JUNE 26, 2025
Why would students write anything themselves, instructors wondered, if a chatbot could do it for them? Indeed, many students have taken the bait, if not to write entire essays, then certainly to draft an outline, refine their ideas or clean up their writing before submitting it.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Much has changed since then, as the world of online learning built for working adults has grown. As an advisor at an online college, I know that adults are attracted to the flexibility of an asynchronous online learning environment and the pace of accelerated semesters.
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eSchool News
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Prepare syllabus and assignment due dates carefully and well in advance so that students know what to expect and when. In my district, all of our online courses follow a consistent format, with weekly checklists and rubrics that the teachers monitor. Establish good course practices. Make sure teachers have the best training available.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 26, 2017
If you’re looking for help specifically with using technology to add creativity and zing to your writing lessons, take Teach Writing with Tech. For example, it’s 5 weeks instead of 3 and it’s graded–read the syllabus first. This covers webtools teachers use most often in their classes, or want to use.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 22, 2016
If you’re looking for help specifically with using technology to add creativity and zing to your writing lessons, take Teach Writing with Tech. For example, it’s 5 weeks instead of 3 and it’s graded–read the syllabus first. This covers webtools teachers use most often in their classes, or want to use.
Faculty Focus
JUNE 2, 2024
My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. And while these are all important factors in impacting student success, there are also many psychological challenges students may face in their online education: Isolation.
Faculty Focus
MARCH 10, 2024
Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.
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