…instructors can use to create safe spaces where transgender students feel as if they belong without fear or stress, and ultimately, help students grow personally and academically. Both instructors in…
The online classroom can sometimes feel like a lonely place due to a lack of presence of the instructor and other students. This lack of presence can negatively affect learning…
…content, assignments, and assessments are online does not mean that the actual teaching and instructor presence can be off-line. One could have a beautifully designed online course, but with an…
…feel welcome and sense the instructor’s virtual presence from the very beginning of the course. A personalized introduction. As instructors, we all know that it is important to hold students’…
…assignments as interaction with the instructor. “That was perhaps the biggest shock to us. Instructors would say that’s clearly interaction. Instructors spend so much time giving quality feedback on that,”…
…the lines of communication even further. How instructors frame themselves (talking about pets, hobbies, etc.) impacts student perception of the course in general. Conclusion By providing online professor presence within…
…online instructors tend to focus on the cognitive presence and teaching presence, and overlook the necessity of the social presence. They’ll build great online modules that help students enhance their…
…presence, and teaching presence. We suggest that when you are preparing to teach online, thorough planning for these three aspects should occur before the course begins rather than predominantly during…
