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As I was going through the material in module 1 I kept thinking: "What can I do for my online student?" It seems that in the on-ground classes it's more straightforward to identify the student's learning style and implement the appropriate teaching strategies. In the online setting, it's a little trickier. However, I try to provide various learning avenues to help my students: from interactive tutorials, to discussions, to group work. What have you found useful in addressing the learning styles of the online student?
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I've noticed that the amount of student cyberstress is directly proportional to the quality of the course design. I teach an introduction to computers course for two online universities each with its own standards of how the course should be set up, the number of assignments, grading rubrics and late assignment policies. At University A, which could use a little more work on their course design, I get quite a few emails every term from frantic students who are trying to finish an assignment and the instructions are unclear or the submission method is not evident. Since I can’t change… >>>
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