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First And Lasting Impressions: Creating Course Tour Videos To Guide Online Students, Melony Shemberger
First And Lasting Impressions: Creating Course Tour Videos To Guide Online Students, Melony Shemberger
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Online course design has gained increased attention in education, given the global health crisis brought on by COVID-19. Students need to familiarize themselves at the beginning of an online course to be successful. An important item often overlooked, however, is the inclusion of a course tour video, which can help serve as an effective orientation for a student new to the course. This article will share best practices and insights on how to make a brief video guiding students to navigate a course more effectively, setting them up for success.
Give ‘Em Something To Smile About: Connecting With Online Students Through Humor, John Huss
Give ‘Em Something To Smile About: Connecting With Online Students Through Humor, John Huss
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Humor and higher education are infrequently mentioned in the same conversation, but much empirical evidence supports the contention that the use of humor is related to positive student perceptions of the instructor and learning environment (Banas et al., 2011; Garner, 2006; James, 2004; Suzuki & Heath, 2014). The literature certainly establishes a foundation to consider humor as a critical element of any instructor’s online teaching arsenal and such an inclusion may be particularly pertinent at this time, given the undeniable shift in higher education dynamics as more institutions, both by choice and circumstance, witness unprecedented growth in their web-based programs. …