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How Can Online Instructors Get Students to Talk to Each Other?

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All of these tools can be embedded into the learning management system your school uses, so students never have to leave their familiar environment in order to participate. I asked every participant to include in their responses: five takeaways from the chapter. three specific ways they could apply the learning in their lives.

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Enhancing Face-to-Face Education: Leveraging Learning Management Systems for Student Success? 

Faculty Focus

Faculty were eager to learn out of necessity, and we were thrilled to witness double-digit participation in online trainings that would typically draw only a handful of attendees. What’s it like going from one course that simply posts a syllabus in the LMS to another that makes more robust use of the tools and features?

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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Enhancing Face-to-Face Education: Leveraging Learning Management Systems for Student Success? 

Faculty Focus

Faculty were eager to learn out of necessity, and we were thrilled to witness double-digit participation in online trainings that would typically draw only a handful of attendees. What’s it like going from one course that simply posts a syllabus in the LMS to another that makes more robust use of the tools and features?

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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How an OER Rookie Dove Deep Into a Zero-Cost Textbook Degree Program

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Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Reviews for relevancy and accurateness “went beyond the community college in that sense,” the instructor says. It’s still a challenge, as much as they want to participate.”

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Advancing Online Graduate Education: Integrating Quality Matters Feedback to Enhance Course Templates 

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The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services. Identify and communicate the technical skills necessary for successful course participation to prepare students.

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