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Your Online Teaching StyleStrategies for Engaging with Students
Quinnipiac University Online
April 7, 2017
Agenda
• Introduction
• Higher Education Standards
• Defining Your Teaching Persona
• Instructor Communication and Building Community
• Persona Activity and Reflection
Initial Thoughts
Navigate to PollEv.com/susanriello801 on your computer or mobile device, then type in your answer to the following:
What do you think are the most important characteristics for successful online faculty engagement?
What is engagement?
Communication With Students (And Vice Versa)
• Announcements and regular check-ins
• Timely responses to discussions, emails, FAQs
• Meaningful, personalized feedback
• Not just about the assignments or content
• The entire package of “you” as the instructor
Higher Education Standards
• Engagement standards across institutions
• Rubrics• Quality Matters• Online Learning Consortium
OLC: Quality Scorecard Categories
Faculty Engagement: Instructor Role Student Engagement: Classroom Discussion
Building Community Communication
Quality Matters
Instructor Introduction Plan for Response Time
Tools to Promote Engagement Clear Instructions and Current Materials
Current Materials
• Best practice to “evergreen videos” –avoid specific dates
• However…referencing current events can help students make connections
• Videos mentioning current events must be updated regularly
• If using an old video, explain why
Your Persona
• Teaching “persona” paves way for engagement type
• Written or video feedback?• Weekly wrap-ups or individualized?
• Balancing personable, yet professional
• Ensure that you are being yourself• Humorous or serious?
“What a great discussion this week! Kendra and Susan made
insightful points about the role of media in our modern society,
while Frances shared an interesting personal connection to social networking in the real
world.”
Weekly wrap-up announcement, highlighting contributions of different students each week in a larger class
Personas: Online vs. On-ground
On-Ground OnlineSynchronous learning More individualized, asynchronous learning
Content/logistics questions can be asked in person
Students may hesitate to ask content questions; more questions about logistics
Get to know students personally Emphasize professionalism, encouragement
Humor translates well – relies on voice inflections/delivery
Humor sometimes gets lost; mistaken forsarcasm – err on side of positivity
Humor/Sarcasm vs. Positivity
“Please review the rubric for this assignment. Although this may
be hard for some of you to believe, I don’t just post rubrics
for my own health.”
On-Ground Instructor: Spoken Online Instructor: Written
“Please review the rubric for this assignment. These rubrics are
designed to help you, and I would love to see us all aim for the
“Exemplary” category!”
Common Elements Across Personas
• Responsiveness and timely feedback
• Clarity, consistency and current materials
• Enthusiasm for topic
• Respect for students
Instructor Role: Communication & Blackboard Engagement
Launching Week Two!
Let’s Go Week Three!
Halfway There!
Checking In
Wrapping Up Week Four
Week Five Updates
Quick Reminders
Wow – Interesting Article!
Good Luck!
Happy Friday!
Heads Up!
Zooming By!
Finishing Up
Kudos to an Amazing Group!
Congratulations and Thank You!
Written Communication• Personality - Email vs.
Blackboard
Instructor Role: Communication & Blackboard Engagement
Written Communication• Communication from Bb
Instructor Role: Communication & Blackboard Engagement
• Video Communication• Quick Videos (Highlight your strengths!)
• Feedback, Updates, How-To…
• TechSmith Fuse
• TechSmith Relay
• Camtasia Studio
Professor Mattie: Quick Announcement
Instructor Role: Communication & Blackboard Engagement
• Interactivity & Multimedia
• Interactive Tools
Captivate
Instructor Role: Communication & Blackboard Engagement
Course Design• Clear Instructions &
Expectations
Building Community: Online Classroom
Discussion Board FAQs
Watercooler Discussion
Engaging Discussions
Guest SME
“Ask Me Anything”
Building Community: Online Classroom
VoiceThread Introductions
Comments/Feedback
Building Community: Online Classroom
VoiceThread Sharing Projects
Group Projects
Building Community: Online Classroom
ZOOM• Virtual Office Hours
• Group Meetings
• Guest Speakers
Online Teaching Persona: Activity
In The Art of Teaching, Jay Parini explains that the Latin word “persona” implies that a voice is discovered by “sounding through” a mask.
In Claire Major’s book Teaching Online, she notes that establishing a teaching persona online requires even more thought and effort than for those who teach in the face-to-face setting. We may not have the benefit of nonverbal messages like gestures, tone of voice, or the use of space in the classroom. Much of the online teaching persona emerges from course materials and the teacher’s written messages.
Concluding Thoughts
Navigate to PollEv.com/susanriello801 on your computer or mobile device, then type in your answer to the following:
In a few words, share one strategy from today's session that you would like to implement into your course.
Contact Us!
Andrew [email protected]
Susan [email protected]
Frances [email protected]
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