Course
Humanising Your Online Learning
Research shows a link between a caring online instructor and success in online courses. Humanising your online course involves establishing a positive educator-student relationship that supports the cognitive development of diverse students into independent learners.
This course has been developed with Dr Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Faculty Mentor, Online Teaching and Learning, California Community Colleges, Foothill DeAnza District, USA. For more information on it and to get started go to the first lesson, Welcome to the course. The contents of the course are listed below. This course includes several short videos and should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. When completed you will:
- Have a better awareness of the importance of humanising your online teaching and the effects that has on your students’ success.
- Have learnt that humanising your online teaching requires intentional effort from an educator.
- Be able to apply simple strategies in your online teaching to help support those students who will benefit most from it.
What’s InSIDE
- 20 minutes
- 6 Lessons
Login
Accessing this course requires a login. Please enter your credentials below!
More Courses & Resources
Webinar recording
Clarity, Caring, & Community-Building in Online Teaching
Resource
3 Ways to Make PDFs More Accessible
Course
Improving Feedback in Asynchronous Online Courses
Course
Setting the Path to Online Communities of Learning
Course
Introduction To A Pedagogy Of Kindness
Course
Establishing the Foundations for Community Online
Resource
3 Ways to Encourage Classroom Discussion
Activity
Developing a Pre-Course Survey
Activity
Fast Friends
Webinar recording
Using ‘Reflective Pairs’ To Engage Learners
Resource
Building A Kinder Classroom
Learning path
Community Building
Learning path
Online Facilitation Refresher
Course
An Introduction To Online Workload Management
Introduction to...
Facilitating Synchronous Discussions Online
Introduction to...
Facilitating Asynchronous Discussions Online
Introduction to...
The Community of Inquiry Framework
Course
Designing HyFlex Courses
Resource
Exploring The New Normal
Resource
Teach-in Against Surveillance event
Tips For Increasing Engagement In Discussions
Narrated presentation
Small Steps to Engaging Teaching in the Big Online World
Podcast
Predicting the Great Snapback with Dr. Steve Joordens
Infographic
Wondrous Week One
Infographic
Fast Switch to E-Learning
Infographic
The Present Professor
Activity
Which Picture Best?
Course
Being Present in Your Online Teaching
Infographic
Quick Guide to Online Student Engagement in Week One
Infographic
How to Show Your Presence in Online Classrooms
Infographic
Maximising the Use of Your Virtual Office Hours
Activity
Office Hour Scheduling via Google Calendar
Infographic
The Path to Online Learning Communities
Infographic
The Art of Giving Feedback
Infographic
My Caring Instructor
Infographic
Torrey Trust’s Technology is Not the Solution to Cheating
Checklist / tool
Karen Ray Costa’s Trauma-Aware Teaching Checklist
Guide
Some Safety Considerations for Online Community Building
Guide
About Video Conferencing
Video discussion