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Distance/Online Strategies

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Distance education, including online and hybrid/blended, often utilizes different strategies than traditional face-to-face education. The distance classroom may also use transformed strategies from face-to-face, while also leveraging options & items specific to distance.

Featured resources:

* A Few Engagement Strategies at the Start of the Semester – A list of a few strategies that can help engage students and spark interest at the start of the semester.

* Blended Learning Toolkit – From the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the toolkit is a substantial resource intended to help instructors create engaging and effective hybrid/blended courses.

* Online Course Quality Rubric – This checklist will help instructors ensure their class meets online quality standards.

Student Privacy with Tools

It’s important to make students aware of privacy policies for any tools used in a face-to-face, online, or hybrid course.

An instructor talking with and helping two students

Communicating with Students

As a class progresses across a semester, it’s important to keep lines of communication open between students and instructors.

Student Collaboration in the Online Classroom

Collaboration in the online classroom can take many forms, but often will involve group work to teach one another while the instructor can serve as the “guide on the side”.

A group of people, representing a community

Establishing Community and Trust

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.

Establishing Communication Standards

It’s important to clearly define your personal expectations for communication with your students, while also explaining how you would like them to communicate with you.