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by Janice Florent<\/p>\n

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Are you thinking about how to deliver your online course for maximum success? In an Inside Higher Ed<\/a> blog post, Andrea Zellner provided some strategies to make your online teaching better. Andrea's strategies are:<\/p>\n

Technology should help and not hinder.<\/h3>\n

Expect things to go wrong, and do as much as you can to help your students help themselves. For example, provide links to help and how-to documents so that students do not have to go on a wild goose chase to find this information. You can minimize your time answering student questions by using the \u201cthree-before-me<\/a>\u201d rule, which pushes the responsibility of locating an answer to frequently asked questions to the student.<\/p>\n

Anticipate difficulties.<\/h3>\n

Learning in an online environment can be a lot more difficult than learning it in a face-to-face class. Students report that taking an online course can be an isolating experience. Avoid straight lecturing as lectures can be dull when delivered online. Here are a few ideas to keep your online course interesting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Incorporate synchronous opportunities.<\/h3>\n

This follows directly from anticipating difficulties. You should find the right balance between synchronous and asynchronous learning activities<\/a>. Additionally, be sure to include well-timed synchronous virtual office hours. Include the virtual office hours during weeks when you know the content is likely to be confusing. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be stingy with your feedback.<\/h3>\n

Students want detailed feedback and the feedback needs to be timely. You should give students feedback that helps them learn<\/a> and you should be as effective as a fitness band<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Humanize your course.<\/h3>\n

Humanize your course<\/a> by adding a little personality. This can go a long way in making students feel comfortable approaching you for help and can make them feel more engaged with the course.<\/p>\n

Encourage self-directed learning.<\/h3>\n

Research on self-directed learning<\/a> has shown that people who take the initiative in learning, learn more things and learn better than people who sit at the feet of teachers passively waiting to be taught.<\/p>\n

Use gamification in your course.<\/h3>\n

Gamification is making a boring process interesting by using fun elements from games. Gamification is a motivation tool. Here is some information on using gamification in your courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If this has piqued your interest, you can read more in Andrea's Strategies to Make Your Online Teaching Better<\/a> and my Seven Deadly Sins of Online Course Design<\/a> blog posts.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: computer and coffee<\/a> | Creative Commons CC0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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