Creating an Online Presence for Your Online Students
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
Rob Kelly
July 1, 2009
Online Course Delivery and Instruction
Addressing the Unique Needs of Your Students
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.”
Mary Bart
June 15, 2009
Establishing Online Instructor Performance Best Practices and Expectations
Helping faculty learn to survive and even thrive online is critical if we are to realize the potential of this new learning space. During a
Lawrence Ragan PhD.
June 12, 2009
Nine Strategies for Using IM in Your Online Course
Instant messaging can be an effective online learning tool that can build community and foster collaborative learning. The following are some suggestions from Debby Kilburn, computer science professor at Cero Coso Community College, for making the most of this tool.
Rob Kelly
February 18, 2009
Four Tips for Better Online Instruction
In course evaluations, 90 percent of the students in John Thompson’s graduate-level education courses at the University of San Diego indicated that the online learning experience was as good as or better than the traditional classroom and 91 percent would take another online course.
Rob Kelly
February 17, 2009
Five Tips for Respecting Diversity in Asynchronous Discussion Forums
In asynchronous discussion forums, participants usually come from diverse backgrounds, including gender and culture, and the textual cues they post online are usually reflections of their own diversity. How you handle equity and diversity issues can be a key to online course retention.
Marianne Castano Bishop
December 9, 2008
Creating Trust in Online Education
In order to have a productive learning environment, the instructor needs to develop and maintain a sense of trust between and among the students and
Rob Kelly
August 11, 2008
Aligning Students’ Expectations With Realities of Online Education
Students’ perceptions of what an online course will be like are often quite different from how it really is. That is why Jim McKeown, assistant
Rob Kelly
August 7, 2008
