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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

Online courses can quickly become overwhelming as the emails, discussion posts, and papers roll in like the next COVID-19 variant. Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. References Bailey, E.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

Online courses can quickly become overwhelming as the emails, discussion posts, and papers roll in like the next COVID-19 variant. Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. References Bailey, E.

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5 key components of successful online courses

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While it might seem like a simple transition to post slides or a recorded lecture online, teachers need to be intentional with course design to effectively mirror what students experienced in the classroom and make the transition as smooth and successful as possible. Synchronous over asynchronous.

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The Role of Microlearning and Andragogy in Enhancing Online Student Engagement

Faculty Focus

In this light, designing and facilitating online discussions to increase student engagement, peer connection, and idea exchange, as well as creating a cohesive online learning community for knowledge creation, is far more important for the success of online education. Microlearning an Evolving Elearning Trend. Dixson, M.

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Time to Tidy Up: Start the New Year by Decluttering Your Physical and Digital Spaces

Faculty Focus

Take a close look at each module in your online course, looking for the equivalent of yellowing papers: stale activities, files, outdated links, videos, or broken external learning tools. Look back at activities, including discussions and written assignments in your course. Perhaps this discussion could be deleted or revised.

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Time to Tidy Up: Start the New Year by Decluttering Your Physical and Digital Spaces

Faculty Focus

Take a close look at each module in your online course, looking for the equivalent of yellowing papers: stale activities, files, outdated links, videos, or broken external learning tools. Look back at activities, including discussions and written assignments in your course. Perhaps this discussion could be deleted or revised.

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty Focus

Through interactive discussions and sharing of ideas, educators can learn from each other and develop new and innovative ways of effectively interacting with students, a significant component of student success in online learning (Jaggars & XU, 2016). The legitimacy of online learning vs traditional learning eLearning.[Infographic].