Utilizing the same master shell between multiple faculty is a great way to ensure students have the same experience regardless of who is facilitating the course. When developing and facilitating
After your course has concluded, use this checklist to review your course. Prepare for the next course offering by making important tweaks and adjustments that help avoid curriculum drift. You’ve
In the online, constructivist learning environment, rich and robust collaborative knowledge construction occurs on the discussion board. The constructivist approach shifts the focus from the instructor to the students, and
Implementing alternative strategies for discussion boards an help enhance your course from initial student introductions to end-of-semester reflections.
Here are some strategies you can consider when planning for how you’ll communicate with your students on discussion boards.
You’ve been notified by your department chair or dean you will be teaching an online course that’s new to you in the upcoming semester. The dean/chair knows you have not
While institutions seek ways to retain their students, students seek to persist through their program. Some may feel that this is simply a subtle nuance, however, this nuance shifts
As we prep courses for our upcoming semester, it’s important to consider our course delivery strategies. Specifically, how can we proactively plan to be present, monitor our students’ progress,
Facilitation in an online course refers to the faculty’s ability to construct an environment where student discourse expands student knowledge and promotes the learning objectives.
“Those teachers who are students of their own effects are the teachers who are the most influential in raising students’ achievement.” John Hattie (2008) One of the largest influences on
Reaching out to students early and often before a semester begins and throughout the first week of class makes a major impact on students’ success.
Utilizing the same master shell between multiple faculty is a great way to ensure students have the same experience regardless
We spend many hours planning and designing our courses, but once the course begins, how do you plan for facilitation? The Student Success Guide and Student Success Worksheet provides templates, checklists, worksheets, and strategies instructors can use to help their online students succeed in their accelerated course and persist throughout their program.
Below you will find a curated list of online teaching and learning articles, reports, research, white papers, podcasts, webinars, conferences,
Course acceleration is a multi-step process that requires you to deconstruct previous course content in order to reconstruct it in a new, accelerated format. Consider some of the following strategies to help you accelerate your course:
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