Teaching strategies for the online course may be very similar to those used in a face to face classroom. The major difference is that in online instruction students and teachers interact asynchronously through the support of computers. There are some advantages to this, however. First, in an online course everyone has an equal opportunity to participate. It is more difficult for one student to dominate while another remains quiet. Second, there is time to reflect prior to submitting input to online class discussions. Third, instructional materials or commentaries may be reviewed as many times as desired.

A few teaching strategies that work well in the asynchronous online course are described in the table below. These strategies are somewhat generic as they may be used in many different types of online courses. The examples presented below have been developed with the online Project Based Learning course in mind. Click the links to learn more.