
Jenny Scott
- 971-801-2558
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- Harbor Center
Whether you are new to teaching online, or have many years of experience, engagement can be challenging. Here are suggestions from LC faculty for some of the most frequently encountered questions related to student engagement online.
While you may have developed tools for building relationships, community and trust in a face-to-face classroom, and know what it looks like when that work is successful and students are engaged, it can be a much more mysterious process in an online class. Indeed, online faculty do not have the benefit of seeing when a student has an insight, or disengages. Neither can online faculty easily have a casual conversion before class, or offer immediate feedback.
It is no wonder that many questions posed by faculty at the Center for Teaching and Learning revolve around online classes. While many students and faculty benefit from the flexibility of an online class, teaching an online class requires a new set of skills and approaches. So, too, the online teacher must redefine the rewards of teaching in ways that are different than those in a face-to-face class.
Below are strategies, advice and resources from successful online faculty at LCSC. They are arranged as challenges, and suggestions, as identifying and solving problems is an important tool for evolving into your best teaching self and having your greatest year, each year.