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Building Community and Connection Between Students and Instructors in Asynchronous CoursesĀ 

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As such, more instructors are teaching online courses. Asynchronous online courses can create barriers for instructors to connect with students, but instructors can implement small and significant changes to their online courses that can help build community, connection, and relationships.

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5 Best Typing Tutors for Everyone

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It offers a comprehensive course outline that covers lessons from the beginners to the advanced level. The most notable typing software includes Mavis Beacon , Ultimate Typing and Typing Instructor Platinum. The Instructor does not feature any videos and also has an outdated interface.

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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

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Last year, however, I inserted a passage in my course outlines stating that I would answer student email only during regular business hours: Monday–Friday from 8:30 a.m. A corollary: I no longer answer emails that ask me questions that students can answer for themselves using the course outline and other resources (e.g.

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A Case for Bi-Modal Flexible Learning, Part 2

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Students are provided proctored test dates and times early in the course so they can plan their schedules to ensure they will be in person (online or classroom) on the scheduled date of the test. If proctored tests are used in the course this should be noted on the course outline (syllabus), as well as within the LMS.

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A Case for Bi-Modal Flexible Learning, Part 2

Faculty Focus

Students are provided proctored test dates and times early in the course so they can plan their schedules to ensure they will be in person (online or classroom) on the scheduled date of the test. If proctored tests are used in the course this should be noted on the course outline (syllabus), as well as within the LMS.

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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

Faculty Focus

Last year, however, I inserted a passage in my course outlines stating that I would answer student email only during regular business hours: Monday–Friday from 8:30 a.m. A corollary: I no longer answer emails that ask me questions that students can answer for themselves using the course outline and other resources (e.g.