Good practice of online and blended teaching at the School of Humanities

All online and blended teaching follows mostly the same principles as contact teaching.

A student is present and participates actively in the online lecture/seminar.
During the lecture the student is in an environment that permits to concentrate on the studies and meets the general parameters of common decency.
A student participates in the lecture/seminar with functioning camera (turned on) and a microphone.
A student logs on a few minutes (5 minutes) before the lecture/seminar starts and checks the functioning of technical equipment and internet service.
A student should avoid all disturbing background noises (music, television, pets etc) during the online class.
All participants log on with their first and surname (not “My IPhone“ etc).
Microphone should be activated for speaking only, or when the lecturer or fellow student moderating the event has permitted to do so.
To get permission to speak one should raise a hand (for example in Zoom this function is under the section ’participants’).
Questions may be asked through Chat box, including during the lecture/seminar/presentation or while a fellow student is speaking. The lecturer will answer the questions or develop the topic when it is possible and if it does not disturb the layout of the online class.
The Chat box should be used only for information, thoughts and questions directly related to the class.
All incidental activities (going to make coffee, answer a phone etc) should be avoided during the online classes.
For online and blended teaching participation rules, stated in the course programme, will apply. Not meeting the participation criteria may have a similar result to not meeting these criteria in contact classes (failing the course, having to do additional tasks etc).
If student must leave an online lecture with participation requirement due to a technical problem or due to another justified reason, the lecturer should be notified as soon as possible.
For online teaching ’netiquette’ applies: polite and respectful choice of words (including the Chat box); well argued criticism; taking into consideration other people’s opinion etc. The background and /or profile picture should be polite and neutral.
It is prohibited to share the video class link to third parties, it is not permitted to record the online class.
It is prohibited to share to third parties the materials (including the lecture notes of the lecturer, presentations, scanned materials, e-books etc) uploaded and made available for the course participants through password protected online environments (Moodle, ÕIS etc).