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To ensure online teaching success, student engagement is of paramount importance. As the saying goes, an engaged student is a motivated student..
In a 2016 survey of students taking online courses at Penn State World Campus, a student defined engagement this way:
For an instructor, engaged = active participation and timely response/feedback with the end goal of helping a student succeed. For a student, engaged = active and timely participation in an effort to understand the course material for more reasons than to pass an exam or get an A on a test, and to feel supported by the instructor to learn the material.
Respond to student postings in a timely manner—in less than 24 hours, for example. Make yourself available to students during set office hours.
Post pictures of yourself and your students. It helps students understand they’re interacting with real people in real time.
Provide a platform that enables students to talk among themselves. Have a way for students to collaborate on projects. Your assignments can draw on a variety of digital formats, including infographics, video recordings, digital canvases, and portfolios.
Are you using instructional videos to deliver content? Types include demonstration and screen capture videos.
In a demonstration video, you can demo a technique while talking to the camera. Consider hosting your videos through YouTube.Make sure the education is solid. Be prepared, concise, innovative, unique, and available, recommend online educators Amy Rottmann and Salena Rabidoux.
Have fun! When you enjoy what you teach, students can tell—and it’s inspiring.