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: Establishing instructor presence and creating an engaging learning experience in online courses requires specific instructional strategies and technologies. Here I will offer a mix of strategies and technology tools that you can use to establish and enhance your presence throughout your online course. Strategy One: Create a video-based instructor introduction/course orientation. At the beginning of a course, create a video-based introduction video to welcome students and let them see you and know you as a real person. Example: A course introduction video created using Adobe Spark Video. Recommended tools: Adobe Spark Video
WeVideo
PowToon
Practical Tips: Start with a story map.