Charting a Path to Online Course Retention: An Exercise for Student Success
“If you build it, they will come,” held true for the 1989 movie Field of Dreams but does not necessarily apply to online courses and
Donna Vinton, PhD June 26, 2024
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A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment
According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are
Laura Flinn, BSN, MSN, DNP, Kelly Fogelmark, DNP, RN, and Maureen Hermann, BSN, MSN, DNP January 24, 2024
Motivating Students: Highlights from Minds Online
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on February 24, 2015. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. It’s hardly a new subject. Every teacher knows it’s
Maryellen Weimer, PhD January 20, 2023
Empowering Students through Your Personal Narrative
Any teacher wants their students to feel engaged and enthusiastic in the classroom, connected and thriving through daily activities and course content. Of course, establishing
Nathan Pritts, PhD February 28, 2022
Strategies to Elicit Engagement in Online Labs
Nonverbal communication is essential for engaged learning and effective teaching. In-person classes allowed me to assess the effectiveness of my lessons by reading the facial
Adam Aguiar, PhD November 17, 2021
Adventures with Snapchat in an Online Course
*This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on February 25, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Snapchat is a video/photo-sharing app that has
Melissa A. Venable October 29, 2021
Student Engagement Strategies: Encouraging Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Engagement in Your Course
Some of the most satisfying moments in teaching are when your students are engaged, when they are deeply absorbed in the material and they are
Faculty Focus September 30, 2021
How to Improve and Promote Student Engagement in the Online Classroom
The online classroom can be challenging when it comes to engagement and presence. Students often enter the online classroom nervous, not just about content but
Mary Ann Pellegrino, EdD, LMHC, and Amy Sloan, EdD September 15, 2021
Weekly Guidelines for Students in Asynchronous Online Courses
For those of us who continue to teach asynchronous online courses during the 2021-2022 academic year, it’s worth considering how we motivate our students. Reasonably
Stokes Schwartz August 18, 2021
An Era of Change: Remote Engagement, Multi-tasking, and Camera Policies
It has grown cliché to say the pandemic has changed education both rapidly and permanently. Certainly, public health concerns have forced educators at all levels
Miriam Bowers-Abbott, MA, and Heather Hourchard, MPH July 12, 2021