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Zoom Into Online Learning

September 24, 2021
Faculty often express concern over how to maintain personal relationships with their students in an online course space; incorporating optional synchronous elements to an online course can help “put a face” to a name. Zoom, the video conferencing tool that allows you to create synchronous experiences for their students, has become ubiquitous in educational and businesses in the past two years.

Creating Video Announcements

July 10, 2024
Course announcements are an excellent way to communicate important information regarding upcoming topics and assignments. When delivered in video format, course announcements can also help create a culture of connection with your students, establishing instructor presence within the course.

Increasing Engagement With Announcements

September 17, 2024
Announcements are an essential aspect of online course engagement. When surveyed, students rated “sending regular announcements or email reminders” as one of the most beneficial engagement tactics that an instructor can employ (Martin & Bolliger, 2018, p. 216). In Canvas learning management system (LMS), announcements have a distinct advantage over inbox messages or whole-class emails, as announcements allow students to locate important course information in one convenient location, chronologically arranged. In contrast, email or inbox messages can become much more unruly, rendering information harder to find—especially after the course ends. In addition, most students should receive an email every time an instructor posts an announcement.

Instructor Presence in Online Courses

September 24, 2021
Consistent and meaningful instructor presence is one of the most important drivers of student success and satisfaction in online courses (Roddy et al., 2017). However, establishing instructor presence online can be challenging. In fact, studies have shown that many online students feel their instructors are largely invisible (Tichavsky et al., 2015).

Teaching Styles Series: Delegator Style

September 09, 2022
This is the sixth in a series of pieces examining online instructor teaching styles through the lens of Anthony Grasha’s (1994) typology. This piece focuses on the delegator style and how both course developers and instructors can embody this style in online courses.

Teaching Styles Series: Personal Model Style

August 12, 2022
This is the fourth in a series of pieces examining online instructor teaching styles through the lens of Anthony Grasha’s (1994) typology. This piece focuses on the personal model style and how both course developers and instructors can embody this style in online courses.

Teaching Styles Series: Expert Style

July 27, 2022
This is the second in a series of pieces examining online instructor teaching styles through the lens of Anthony Grasha’s (1994) typology. This piece focuses on the expert style and how both course developers and instructors can embody this style in online courses.

Teaching Styles Series: Facilitator Style

August 19, 2022
This is the fifth in a series of pieces examining online instructor teaching styles through the lens of Anthony Grasha’s (1994) typology. This piece focuses on the facilitator style and how both course developers and instructors can embody this style in online courses.

Teaching Styles Series: Formal Authority Style

August 08, 2022
This is the third in a series of pieces examining online instructor teaching styles through the lens of Anthony Grasha’s (1994) typology. This piece focuses on the formal authority style and how both course developers and instructors can embody this style in online courses.

Teaching Styles Series: Introduction

July 19, 2022
This is the first in a series of pieces examining online instructor teaching styles. In this introductory piece, we will characterize teaching styles, summarize Anthony Grasha’s typology of teaching styles, and discuss how identifying your teaching style (or styles) can inform online course design and instruction. In subsequent pieces, we will explore each of Grasha’s teaching styles in depth.