Monday, July 23, 2018

49 MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses | TAPP Episode 22


Syllabuses? Syllabi? Which is correct? (3 min)
Continuing the conversation (1 min)
Featured: 49 MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses (22 min)
Next episode is part 3 of 3 (1 min)


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(0:44) Which is correct: syllabuses or syllabi? The answer may surprise you! Nevertheless, now's a good time to think about tweaking your course documents for the fall semester. I'll cover that on a future episode, so I need you to send your contributions now!
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(4:02) It's too long for one episode, so Kevin will cover the featured topic in three episodes: 21 (the previous episode), 22 (this episode), and 23 (the next episode).
If you're not teaching online now, you will be someday! Most of these tips apply to face-to-face courses, anyway.
In  the previous episode, Kevin suggested:
  • It's all about connections.
  • Cultivate a friendly, informal, and supportive "online teaching persona"
  • Express empathy, don't just have empathy.
  • Use customer-service skills when communicating with students
  • Use our own pain points and frustrations to tap into how our students might feel

 (8:10) Online courses are notorious for high dropout rates and high failure rates, compared to traditional face-to-face classes. Kevin continues to share a bunch (perhaps not exactly 49) strategies he has found to work in creating and nurturing the kinds of connections that help retain students and support their success in the course.
This episode focuses on adding faces to an online course (sort of like in a face-to-face course), plus how to use scheduled video, audio, and text announcements to stay connected with students.
"A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
Patton's Law (Gen. George S. Patton)
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(30:23) The next episode continues the conversation about improving engagement in online courses.

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