Posts Tagged ‘online students’
January 8 - New Study: More than 6.7 Million Students Learning Online, Most Institutions Undecided about MOOCs
By: Mary Bart in EdTech News and Trends
The 2012 Survey of Online Learning conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group reveals the number of students taking at least one online course has surpassed 6.7 million. Higher education adoption of Massive Open Online Courses remains low, with most institutions still on the sidelines.
November 15 - Six Ways to Get Your Online Students Participating in the Course
By: Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti in Online Education
Have you ever worried about the level of participation in your online courses? Perhaps you have difficulty encouraging students to interact with one another, or maybe you find student responses to be perfunctory. Surely there must be a way to encourage the kinds of participation that really supports learning.
July 22 - Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities in the Online Classroom
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
Students with learning disabilities tend to learn better in the online environment, but institutions are not doing enough to prepare instructors to meet their needs, says Mary Beth Crum, an online instructor at the University of Wisconsin—Stout and Walden University.
July 15 - Web 2.0 Grows Up, Goes to College
By: Mary Bart in Distance Learning Administration
It’s not easy to get unanimous agreement on anything these days, but on this most educators can agree:
- An instructor’s personality impacts student learning;
- More is learned in a class than just course content; and
- It can be difficult to show your personality in an online course.
July 9 - Tips for Establishing a Rapport with Online Students
By: Errol Craig Sull in Online Education
“There is no personal interaction between student and teacher…the spontaneity of teaching is lost…the only rapport exists in exchanging bits and bytes of info.”
Perhaps you’ve heard someone make this objection to online learning? Or even uttered it yourself?
My answer to this is very simple: hogwash.
July 1 - Creating an Online Presence for Your Online Students
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
No one doubts the assertion that online students are more likely to be successful if they feel connected to their instructor and fellow students, but just what is the best way to build those connections? In a recent interview, Todd Conaway, an instructional designer at Yavapai College, shared a few tips on building student engagement,
June 15 - Addressing the Unique Needs of Your Students
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
Why are you interested in improving your courses and instruction?
That was the question posed to attendees to kick off the online seminar Five Steps to Improve Your Online Courses and Instruction by presenter Dr. Patti Shank. Most of the respondents selected as their answers “to better support students” or “I hope this will reduce some of the hassles of teaching online.” A few of the more honest ones chose “I’m expected to do this” and a couple more came because they “need to address specific problems.”
March 18 - Classroom Management Issues in Online Courses: Tips on Mitigating Unwanted Behavior
By: Christopher Hill in Effective Classroom Management, Online Education
Problem students can create just as many classroom management issues in the online environment as they can in a traditional classroom, perhaps more. Last week in a live online seminar titled Managing Expectations and Handling Difficult Students Online, Dr. Susan Ko, executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Maryland University College, provided strategies for mitigating unwanted behavior in online courses. Below is an excerpt of an interview conducted in advance of the seminar.
February 12 - Factors that Affect Online Student Retention
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education
Research has shown that responsiveness to student’s needs is a critical variable in terms of retention. A sense of belonging as a student, whether traditional or distance learner, has been shown to be an important aspect in retention, and responsiveness to student’s needs is a large determinant in a student feeling like they are part of a course or an institution.
November 28 - Overcoming the #1 Complaint of Online Students: Poor Instructor Feedback
By: Errol Craig Sull in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education
I recently conducted a survey of more than 300 online students to learn of their most vexing issues with online courses. One item—of the 40+ mentioned—was cited by 68 percent of the students: poor feedback from their instructors. [...]
