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Tip # 7 – To Thine Own Self be True.

• Introductory courses need more attention as they address a broader audience and are often more difficult to design, implement and teach.
• In advanced courses let more of you and your discipline’s skills and idiosyncrasies come through.
• Engage in a realistic assessment of your skills and teaching styles.  Your first class will not be perfect.  Was your first face-to-face course perfect?  Probably not, but you kept learning and improving and hopefully found each challenge an opportunity to learn something new.  The same is true online.

Trick # 7 – Have fun!

• While you may need to be patient with yourself as you learn, life is too short to engage in work you do not enjoy.
• Is online or hybrid teaching really for you?
  • Do you like writing?
  • Do you like to read students' work?
  • Do you like to play with technology, or is it drudgery?
  • Do you enjoy finding imagery to illustrate a point?
  • Are you happier with organization or with the opportunity to shift on a dime in energetic classroom exchanges?
  • Are you able to visualize your students' learning and build relationship without actually meeting them?
• Let your personality shine through the course just as it does in your face-to-face classes.