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Welcome to my Toolkit for Teaching Online Courses!
While not a teacher by trade, my work involves a considerable amount of teaching adults - new rules for state reporting, new software programs, new concepts about data collection. All along the journey I have been able to put things into practice in my job. Each course provided me with something to consider in relationship to what I do everyday. Creating this toolkit was helpful because it gave me time to pause and reflect on the things I've learned about teaching from the courses in the ITEC program. As a repository it also provides me with a reference point for reflection and recall ~ sort of a "now where did I put that?" place for the future.

I hoped to create a repository of ideas and resources for use in my current position and for moving into teaching in adult education programs. I believe I have done that. It is written in a casual style that suits me. Recording my likes and dislikes will be a reminder and checkpoint for me as I develop my own style for the online teaching I hope to do.

If I could do this over I would have started it with my first ITEC class. Perhaps that is an idea for the program developers in the ITEC department? I find I am now trying to recall things I learned from previous classes to add to this toolkit. Had I been creating it all along it might be a richer compilation of all I've learned.

The creation of this toolkit caused me to reflect on what I've learned. Up until now, I have been learning and moving on to the next project and/or course. This project caused me to stop and think about what I would do if I ruled the world. OK, maybe not the world, but a course or two.

Graduation is in December, I am anxious and excited to get started teaching, this toolkit will be a great place for me to start that journey and, since it's in this wiki format, I will be able to easily add to it as I learn new techniques.