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For Online Class Discussions, Instructors Move From Text to Video

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He’s taking three online courses this semester, all of which require him to participate in online discussion forums as part of his grade. “It Many instructors see them as drudgery as well. For Valenza and a growing number of instructors, the answer is video.

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New 'Playbook' Explains Four Elements of Great Online Courses

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A new “playbook” aims to strike the middle ground between offering higher ed instructors and institutions too much information about teaching remotely and offering too little. Our faculty playbook provides just-in-time guidance from digital learning experts which builds on their decades of experience delivering high-quality online education.”

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Colleges Can Turn Classes Into Virtual Communities. Here’s How.

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To stave off this potential defection, how can we instructors promote virtual community? One of the most empirically supported best practices of online education is for the instructor to “be present.” In an online-only world, it’s imperative for students to see you as a human being, not merely as an instructor.

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Adjusting to Emergency Online Instruction Poses Extra Challenges For Adjunct Faculty

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Hardy is an adjunct instructor who teaches at two institutions in the greater Boston area, which means she’s had to follow two sets of instructions for dealing with the coronavirus, adhere to two timelines for preparing for distance teaching and hastily learn two separate technology systems for delivering lectures virtually.

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Course-Correcting Mid-Semester: A Three Question Feedback Survey

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When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

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Course-Correcting Mid-Semester: A Three Question Feedback Survey

Faculty Focus

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

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Connecting with Online Students

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In higher education, “building rapport” is often cited (e.g., Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Moreover, this connection influences the instructor.