Managing your online presence
Three remote teaching experts share advice on building an authentic and engaging instructor presence online to support effective communication with students
Key Details
Remote teaching means instructors must work hard to maintain a strong, authentic presence within their online courses to assist in effective and engaging communication with students. Here, three digital teaching experts share their advice on how to create a clear instructor presence online that keeps students connected, before answering questions on key challenges. This webinar was鈥痜ilmed as part of a series produced by (the Association of College and University Educators) to help faculty with the digital pivot. If鈥痽ou鈥檙e鈥痠n a鈥痟urry, browse the timeline below for the key topics covered and where in the video to find them.鈥
00:46 Flower Darby discusses 鈥淲hat is online presence?鈥 breaking it down into four key components: teaching presence, cognitive presence, social presence and emotional presence.
07:24 April Mondy offers four strategies to help instructors model online communications with their students in uncertain times
13:36 Kevin Gannon on creating a 鈥減arking lot鈥 for items of discussion and conversation that are not part of the main course content but still need to happen
20:18 If you had to pick ONE strategy for online presence, what would it be?
24:11 How to strike a balance between communicating enough while not overwhelming students with communications 鈥 and avoiding email burn-out
35:51 Suggestions on how to reach students who do not have reliable internet or computer access
42:19 The importance of students turning their cameras on during synchronous classes
47:51 How can instructors manage students who will not cut them any slack?
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