The way we manage our real or virtual classroom can have a distinct effect on the dynamic of the class.
Managing Your Class
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When I think about what a “positive learning experience” is, I instantly equate this to meaning my students feel a level of success, confidence, and community throughout their time in my classroom.
The University of Illinois Springfield has created a short article with resources relating to online discussion boards and rubrics.
Online video lectures, both live and recorded, often lead to one question from instructors: Are we sure our students are watching them?
Effective feedback is important to help students succeed, but critical in an online classroom where there is no physical instructor presence.
It’s important to make students aware of privacy policies for any tools used in a face-to-face, online, or hybrid course.
As a class progresses across a semester, it’s important to keep lines of communication open between students and instructors.
Many instructors consider, and reconsider, their policies as they pertain to student work. A new article discusses the author’s own policy changes over the years.
Learning doesn’t need to occur in a bubble. It’s incredibly important to allow students to get to know their instructor, and for the instructor to get to know their students.
Compassionate assistance to students begins with the ‘basics’.
Faculty members have a few tool choices available when needing to communicate with their class.
Create an atmosphere where students are relaxed and input is welcomed.
As the academic year moves forward it’s important to review ways to prevent issues of academic integrity in the classroom. These issues can be varied, but commonly include plagiarism and cheating on assessments.