Students need to see “evidence of engagement” and
instructors need to show that they are active in the online classroom. Teachers
should create a "sense of instructor presence" in the online
classroom to effectively manage an online teaching and learning environment.
Online teaching is not just "assigning" what the students should do
at home but the teacher should "design" the activities to maximize
the engagement of the students in the learning process with their teacher and classmates. If the students
experience doing activities knowing that their teacher is ready to assist them,
they will actively perform the learning tasks.
Here are some practices that promote instructor presence that
I learned from “The Foundations for Excellence in Teaching Online” hosted by
Arizona State University Continuing Professional Education (ASU-CPE):
- Sending out welcome
letters
- Posting announcements
- Highlighting connections between course content, activities, and assignments
- Facilitating in-depth thinking through online discussions
- Providing detailed specific feedback
- Reaching out to struggling students and conducting consultations
- Making connections to real world applications and providing clarification when needed.
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