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Connecting with Online Students

Faculty Focus

This will allow you to learn about their goals and concerns for the course and beyond. Encourage your students to introduce themselves via written text, video, audio recording, or art; let them choose whichever media is most comfortable for them. be ready to provide support as appropriate.

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Connecting with Online Students

Faculty Focus

This will allow you to learn about their goals and concerns for the course and beyond. Encourage your students to introduce themselves via written text, video, audio recording, or art; let them choose whichever media is most comfortable for them. be ready to provide support as appropriate.

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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

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professors enjoy academic freedom to select their own course materials, it can take a lot of personal persuasion to convince each to try teaching a new text. Because OpenStax doesn’t pay big bucks for illustrations, some faculty don’t think the art is good enough to compete with that in commercial textbooks, Palmiotto says.

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The Importance of a Good Bedside Manner for Doctors Teachers, Part 1

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Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

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The Importance of a Good Bedside Manner for Doctors Teachers, Part 1

Faculty Focus

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

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?Readers’ Roundup: EdSurge HigherEd’s Top 10 Articles of 2017

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According to a company spokesperson, these fees are applicable for “the vast majority of courses that are part of Specializations as well as for a small selection of courses outside of Specializations.” Prices for these courses range from $29 to $99, and financial aid is available.

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How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year

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Boyer uses a “flipped syllabus” in which students' final grades are based on the points they've earned—not lost—throughout the semester. Now the course is offered each semester and a whopping 3,000 students take it in any given school year. You can also watch this Course Hero video on Vimeo. The great thing about geography is.

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