How to team teach online in higher education

Free downloadable guide to collaborative teaching in online, hybrid, or multi-section courses

Team teaching can elevate a course by blending expertise and lightening the load for instructors - but it also introduces new logistical and pedagogical challenges. Coordinating roles and engaging students across sections can be complex, especially online.

This guide outlines how to structure team teaching for success. Learn how to manage roles, personalize support, and keep students engaged and organized, even in large or distributed classes. You’ll also see how Engageli helps higher ed teams manage the complexity of team teaching at scale with purpose-built features.

Team Teaching

In this free guide, you’ll learn:

  • Common challenges in team teaching and how to solve them

  • Role-based best practices for instructors, TAs, and program leads

  • How to structure and clearly label sessions across courses and sections

  • Tips for managing small-group instruction, breakout moments, and flexible feedback loops

  • What data you should be tracking to support accountability and intervention

Why it matters:

When done well, team teaching builds stronger community and continuity across large or modular courses. It allows instructors to bring in diverse perspectives, share the workload, and provide more consistent support and feedback to students. With multiple educators involved, there's greater opportunity for differentiated instruction and responsive group facilitation - creating a richer and more personalized learning experience for everyone.

Institutions using Engageli report improved collaboration between teaching teams and greater consistency across student experiences. The platform’s flexible structure supports:

  • Live co-teaching with up to two instructors

  • Dynamic role switching and group oversight

  • Attendance and engagement tracking across both synchronous and asynchronous sessions

Institutions using Engageli have seen 54% higher test scores, 13x more student talk time, 16x more nonverbal engagement, and twice as many A grades.

 

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Get practical strategies to make team teaching more coordinated, equitable, and scalable.

 

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