Edsurge
MAY 29, 2020
Throughout, the playbook explores themes of providing students with support in online courses, making such courses equitable, and the importance of continuously improving them. The guide says instructors should specify how they would like students to communicate with them and each other, and explain what tools will help do that.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 22, 2020
A clear, upfront communication policy stipulating response times can be very helpful for avoiding misunderstandings. Fourth, be brave and conduct a mid-term, anonymous evaluation of your course. Traditional end-of-course evaluations do your current students no good. The faster instructors respond, the better.
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
It’s not really considered pure research, so people in this field try to fight hard to convince people in higher education of the value of this area,” says Sang Nam, communications coordinator for ISSOTL and an assistant professor of mobile gaming at George Mason University. But such scholarship isn’t taken seriously by some academics.
Edsurge
MARCH 17, 2017
The threaded discussion felt always like the wrong medium for learning,” says Joyce Valenza, an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information, who has been teaching online since 2001. Many instructors see them as drudgery as well.
Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2018
So, it really depends on how eager the student is to help improve the whole situation and the course specifically. I think in terms of its timing, the course evaluation coming only at the end affects whether the professor could make adjustments, and also how eager students are when it comes to participating in that progress.
Edsurge
AUGUST 25, 2021
In one focus group I attended, faculty members recommended that online courses include real-time sessions, that the school stream on-campus lectures and events to remote students, and that faculty establish a uniform and consistent online course evaluation rubric following industry best practices.
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Connecting Connections The practice of connecting with students helps to minimize power dynamics , begins to establish trust, and opens communication pathways. Pro tip: Keep students informed about your availability and communication schedule. Consider preemptive intervention through regular outreach. But why bother? So, give it a try!
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