As so many new faculty are being compelled to teach online for the first time, many heads of department, quality assurance colleagues and academic developers are unprepared for the support the needs of faculty. Developmental peer observation is a frequently used approach to provide a reflection on an individual’s practise. Most of us will be familiar with Peer Observation in a classroom context, here is documentation that supports the process in the online world.
This is a brief walkthrough of the documentation designed to provide supportive peer observation online. The documentation, available as an unrestricted Microsoft Word document (see below), can be amended to your context. It is designed for developmental, rather than managerial, observations but could be easily adapted to serve both purposes. It follows a three-stage process, pre-observation, observation, and post-observation templates are provided.
Word Document: Peer Observation Online
These resources from 2013-2017 are being shared to support colleagues new to teaching online in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.