Welcome to our course on Being present in your online teaching which has been developed with Flower Darby, a faculty, author and speaker based in the USA.
Online students, just like on campus students, need educators to be present to guide and facilitate their learning, yet teachers are often felt to be absent in online courses. Being a teacher in an online setting requires greater intentionality about presence: we must make time and provide spaces to interact with our students in ways that will be valuable for them. This course offers some approaches that can increase your online presence in a manageable way.
“It’s essential to carve out time in your schedule and develop new habits in order to give your online students the attention they deserve.”
Get Involved And Share Your Learning
- Share your perspective. Throughout this course, you will see discussion prompts at the end of each lesson inviting you to share your thoughts and experience. We encourage you to respond to these discussion questions and read those of other educators to benefit from theirs. When you see a comment you agree with or find helpful, hit the ‘Like’ button to help other educators find it. You can also reply to any comments from other members that you find interesting.
- Ask a question. You can ask questions of experts and other educators in the discussion threads in courses. If your question is more general, use Ask, Answer and Share in the community to reach more people.
- Pick up your course badges. To earn your Course Completion Badges make sure you mark all lessons as ‘Mark Complete’ once you have completed a lesson. At the end of the course, click ‘Mark Complete’ and you will be asked a few multiple-choice questions to earn a Course Completion badge. Once you’ve had a chance to apply your learning, come back to complete an Impact Badges by applying what you have learned in the courses and answering a short survey.
If you have any questions or issues please email us: [email protected]