Title: Five Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Online Courses – Instruction @ UH
Headings: Five Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Online Courses
Five Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Online Courses
What is Instructor Presence?
How to Establish Instructor Presence in An Online Environment?
Strategy One: Create a video-based instructor introduction/course orientation.
Strategy Two: Make your syllabus more interactive.
Strategy Three: Participate in the student discussion forums and model proper online discussion.
Strategy Four: Give students timely response to their questions.
Strategy Five: Design some synchronous sessions to meet and interact with students.
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Content: Design some synchronous sessions to meet and interact with students. Most online courses are offered as “asynchronous” courses and have no real-time contact with students. Synchronous sessions in online courses allow online students to interact with instructor and peers in real time. Several research studies have indicated synchronous sessions in an online course improve students’ sense of community and social presence. Zoom is one of the most frequently used web conferencing tools. When you meet your student online using Zoom, you can give lectures, share your screen, and authorize them to talk or share documents online for presentation or discussion. Example: A screenshot from an online meeting created using Zoom. Technology Tools: Zoom
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Blackboard Collaborate
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