OTL301 – Post 2

Interestingly, I’ve felt there has been very little teaching presence with no teacher or tutor to facilitate and guide the course.  After reading the article I’ve found that teaching presence also can include other elements such as the design and organization of the courses, not just facilitation and instruction. I found the instructions of the courses relatively easy to understand, but without the facilitation component I’ve found the courses challenging at times.  The idea of a cohort completing the courses at the same time likely helped to alleviate that, but I found few of the cohort, myself include, trading ideas or comments about the subject matter.  Better instruction at the outset of the courses on how the interactions were to occur may have helped improve the teaching presence.