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Four Strategies to Implement Retrieval Practice in Online Courses
By Brian Chervitz
October 20, 2022
Introduction In May 2022, Flower Darby was the keynote speaker of the annual Collaborative Faculty Symposium for UW Extended Campus faculty and instructional designers. She spoke about her book Small Teaching Online, which documents ways that instructors can implement small changes to their courses to make big impacts on student outcomes. One important strategy was […]
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Step Up Your Students’ Motivation Using Instant Feedback
By Brian Chervitz
October 6, 2022
It can be difficult knowing how to increase student motivation in your online course. But online learning has a ton of ways to raise engagement and students’ motivation! This article focuses on the ways that providing kinds of instant feedback can ensure your students are getting the resources and comments they need at the moment […]
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Effective Email Communication to Engage Students
By Jessica O'Neel
September 22, 2022
Imagine you’ve had a busy day teaching on campus. You return to your office and get ready to grade some papers. You check your email quickly and see this message from a student who hasn’t been very active in your UWEX course: Hello Professor, I noticed that I have a very low grade in your […]
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Faculty Spotlight: Jean Marsch
By Kerri Patton
September 15, 2022
In this issue’s “Faculty Spotlight,” instructional designer Kerri Patton interviews Professor Jean Marsch about strategies to strengthen instructor presence in online courses. When teaching online, instructors have to compensate for their lack of physical presence in the classroom by engaging with their online students creatively and regularly. Here are some favorite strategies that Prof. Marsch […]
Facilitating Online Social Presence
By Kerri Patton
Introduction Students report greater satisfaction in online courses where they perceive instructors to be active and engaged—that is, “socially present.” In the absence of their physical presence, online educators must establish a strong virtual presence with students to foster and sustain connectedness for the duration of a course. These connections are key to building a […]